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Old Dec 04, 2012, 06:33 PM
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Hezaa82,

Well, it sounds like you developed a pattern of sharing too much and needing a lot of reassurance. You have to get to the bottom of that. I think you should get a therapist and not just a councelor. Are you never "pleased" with yourself and struggle with that? Are you looking for approval alot because you struggle to feel self fullfilled somehow, maybe you expect too much of yourself?

I had the opposite problem, I was constantly the "giver" and I was always so generous and when I could not do that because I needed to address my own issues, it was hard to see how my friends got angry because I could not sit and listen to them go on and on mulling over the same constant issues.

You are going to have to learn about give and take in relationships. And you have to be careful about how much you "need" of a friend. You have to know that your friends can't truely "fix" you and some people get frustrated because they run out of answers.
What is your idea of a friend, someone to constantly hand hold you emotionally? That is not a friend, that is a therapist who is trained to help you actually help yourself.

Don't let this get you down, don't lose your friends and feel guilty, get to the bottom of your deep needs in therapy and work your way forward.

(((Hugs)))
Thanks for this!
hezaa82