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Then they aren’t friends, simple as, when I told my friends, they were so understanding and were there for me. You just need to focus on you, stop adding unnecessary stress to the stress you already have. Sorry if this was no help
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Omg I just went through something similar. I've been friends with this one girl, we'll call her V, since 2012. We met in high school, super fun to hang out with, nice to talk to, etc. But as we got older and started college and real jobs, she started to change & not in a good way. Suddenly it was all about her. She'd have a problem, ask for advice, then do the opposite. She put herself in such bad situations and I'd always get dragged into it. V told me back in may or June of 2018 that she might have to cut me out of her life for a while because I'm "too negative" well jeez, sorry about the depression. She's got her own issues and she felt like we were bringing each other down but she was willing to keep at it for a while longer. Fast forward to August and that's when I cut her out of my life. There was an incident that made me realise how bad of an influence she really was. Our values didn't match up whatsoever and once we stopped talking I felt so much lighter. She wasn't happy about what I did, but she understood. I believe that people are in your life for a reason. Maybe that friendship has run its course & you both got what you needed out of it. Everything is a learning experience. You need to do what's best for you & if that means cutting out the negative person in your life, then go for it. At the end of the day you've gotta be the one that's there for you. If they wont be there for you, you have no reason to stick around. Those are fake friends & will just bring you down even more. Sorry for the rant.
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I am so with you about the ‘too negative’ thing, literally I understand completely! And my friend always goes on about how I shouldn’t be so negative and that I need to change my mind. She talks of it almost as if it’s a switch I choose to have on, like it’s so easy & thing is she made a funny comment last week saying why am I acting weird with her? She’s not the reason why I feel like this?! I was like I’m not really chatting much to anyone because I need to keep my head down and try to concentrate on putting things right for my life. I just feel like bad people follow me or attract me. It’s not just her though but it seems to be the majority of them bar one or two of them. I literally just feel like changing my number or leaving and starting fresh! That’s what I want and feel like I need to do anyway. But if I cut them all of they will think what the hell and that I’m weird etc but friends don’t do the things these friends do to me if you get me! I’m glad you managed to cut your ties with her, she didn’t sound at all helpful for your mental health and that’s exactly how I feel! I’m so glad someone understands.
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I've been trying to say the opposite of how I'm feeling. Meaning that if I feel like something won't work out, I'll tell myself that yes, it will & everything will be fine (even if I don't believe it). You attract what you put out. There's a movie on Netflix called "The Secret" directed by Drew Herlot. I watched it in my communications class a few years ago & I highly suggest it. It's about the law of attraction & how you attract what you put out. For example, you're more likely to find a parking spot if you keep telling yourself that you will. On the other hand, if you keep telling yourself that something bad will happen, you'll think it into existence. Once you become aware of your thoughts, that's a really good first step to changing your outlook on life & everything else. Once I cut that girl out I was able to focus more on me and my issues. I've fixed relationships with my friends and some family that I haven't spoken to and going to therapy with my boyfriend. I also want to move so so badly. I want to leave here and all these shitty memories that I have. I know that moving won't fix everything, but it might help clear my head from the everyday monotonous routines that I have built up over the years. Change is good. Start with positivity changing your mindset & better things will start happening
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Positively**
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Thank you so much, I feel much more positive energy already from knowing I’m not the only person going through it or have bad people around me. It’s good to know some people understand or have experienced the same, it doesn’t make you feel as lonely. I totally agree with the whole law of attraction thing, I’m a huge believer in that! I’ll have a watch. Thank you for sharing everything with me! I’ll definitely be taking steps in the right direction x
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- 6y
No problem! It definitely helps to hear that you're not alone. We got this!! Good luck :)
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I don’t know if it’s worth it to keep going. I have so many diagnoses, so little support, and constant struggles with finding the right medication. My immune system is weak, I have multiple deficiencies, and I’m dealing with so many physical health problems on top of severe OCD. It’s just too much. On top of everything, my family treats me so not okay. Every single day is a fight just to keep going—to wake up, to eat, to take care of myself even a little. I’ve lost over ten pounds in the last two weeks from how depressed I’ve been. And instead of support, all I get is blame. My family constantly throws my struggles in my face, calling me selfish, as if I’m choosing this. I am trying so hard to push past all of this. But after five long months of severe OCD, anxiety, depression, panic disorder, and everything else making life unbearable, I am exhausted. And to be called lazy? Selfish? *Worthless*? How am I supposed to keep going when the people around me refuse to see how hard I’m trying? I don’t want this anymore. None of this suffering feels worth it. What am I fighting for just to be treated this way by my own family? To be yelled at for the look on my face, when my face reflects nothing but the stress, panic, and despair I’m drowning in? Am I still supposed to smile for them? This isn’t fair. No one should have to live like this. I don’t deserve to be treated this way, I’m really trying to keep going, but I just want everything to end.
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Idk if im the only one but I've literally just been holed up in my bedroom for the past 3 months and have barely gone out especially in the last 2. I'm too scared to leave and interact with people normally because I feel like a criminal and like someone who doesn't deserve to be around others. But in the same breath, I'm starting to hate my bedroom. It just feels like all my negative emotions are being bottled up and stored in here. I keep telling myself I should go out and take a walk and maybe it will feel better to just be out in the fresh air. But also don't want to because I'm quite lethargic on top of not eating that much either. Just feeling... stuck.
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This is just a vent. Feels nice to just be honest about who I am and my deficiencies. Mental health advocates are always like "you deserve to live no matter what" and I'm like "bet lol" I am not a good person whose presence has any positive impact on the world. I'm not evil, just useless without having the excuse of depression or whatever (it's anxiety based but again who gives a shit). If I were to go away, I wouldn't be missed because I contribute nothing of note. If we did not live in the US where you can get by without being socially accepted as long as you have loving parents, I would either be dead or would have stepped up and might actually be a valuable member of society (like between being dead and pushing through my anxiety I would probably choose the latter lol). Interpersonally, I have no redeeming qualities. No I'm not one of those people who says that shit and then lists all the ways they're actually decent but just have low self-esteem, I'm genuinely useless. I'm unreliable when it comes to group projects and my job, usually doing the bare minimum or less than that. When it comes to my work in general, I tend to drop the ball, often waiting till the last minute to get started on it, turning it in late, or simply not turning it in at all. I make promises about the things I will do and then don't do them. I also lack initiative and just follow orders. Socially, I don't have any friends and don't make an effort to try to gain any - I tend to act distant in social interactions and don't join in when people are having group conversations. I'm a talented artist, but the only work I've ever shown others in the last few years has been shoddy, amateurish, and completely unreflective of my abilities, and I've never been complimented for it lol. How do I feel about all this? Pretty freaking bad, yet I make no effort to change. I'm afraid of most things so I avoid them, screwing up my own life and negatively affecting other people's as well. Despite all this, I have this desire to be accepted by someone else as I am. The fact that I accept myself shows that it's possible, I guess (you could argue that I don't have a choice but I definitely chose to be okay with myself after years of self-loathing). I have a shit-ton of flaws and nothing to really offset them - I mean I'm self-aware but I think self-awareness is completely useless if you don't do anything about what you've observed in yourself, and less self-aware people are able to take more risks - and I just have this fantasy of someone showing up and looking at all that I am and being like "you have contributed literally nothing to society and you have no redeeming qualities but I accept you as you are and love you, for no reason other than I just do." But based on the comics I've read this can only happen if you're childhood friends who've known each other for a long time lol. No reason someone's gonna want to be friends with some random person who leaves a poor first impression and doesn't do anything to further the relationship. The plus side of this is that I have a /lot/ of room for growth, lots of things to change that could make me a better person. The negative side is that it is still just as hard to not be avoidant af as it was yesterday
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