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No. I've never really told him to do anything or pushed what I thought was right upon him. I know he has his own problems, and I know there are things he has faced that I have not.. and I admire his ability to always be positive about things, but when it comes to me, my mother, or even my brother and how he stresses me out and pushes me deeper into depression, he'll tell me I should be happy and alll of that. He pushes his idea of a good life upon me.
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ah... you've misunderstood me.
It happens quite a bit .. not so good at getting my point across.
I would never ask someone to "push what you thought" onto another person....
my aim was to help you help him gather MORE empathy..
sometimes in doing this one has to put the other in a similar place as the one that is struggling. If your friend isn't narcissistic he will try and understand where YOU are coming from and support you in your struggle. I just thought perhaps no one has ever given him the chance to see another side besides his own and thought that in doing what I mentioned it just might give him better insight.... (I've done this with people and it has helped them to see another side of things)
but...
afterall, you know him and I surely don't..
so you must do what feels best for you and that relationship.
wishing you the best
fins