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Originally Posted by Clara22
Hi GenCat,
Thanks a lot for sharing. It helps me, as well. I admire you because you seem to be a young persons with maturity and self consciousness, and because you went to see your friends even you knew you may not enjoy it as much as you want. I hope you feel better soon. I do not know how to say this, without offending people in America, who have been so good to me. I have learned so many things in America, but I found that your culture is too competitive and that that brings a lot of unhappiness to people. Since you are born, you are forced to compare yourself with others. That is not good, and it is useless. Anyway, again, thank yo for sharing.
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Thank you, I get that a lot, that I'm mature for my age
And yes, I completely agree with you about America. I agree that yes this American society likes to mold us and force us to feel only one way. Yes, I get unhappy a lot of times because all I want to be is different and it's hard to be.
I also agree about how we really don't know what our friends are truly feeling. I have friends who hide and suppress so much, they become in denial until they final realize that this isn't the happiest of a life they thought I was. But I find that if I talk openly about my feelings first, others follow my lead and start to talk...and I like that I'm able to be so trust worth to people who hide themselves, hide themselves from the world and also their own self.