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Originally Posted by Rara200284
So, I was thinking about how I grew up in a very toxic family and how it kind of forms our relationships on the outside world. I feel like being depressed out there, I attract certain people who want to help me, who have been there and want to just be a friend. And after sometime, I start to feel that these people are just as toxic on the inside. They start becoming demanding. They start making me feel a bit obligated. I need to work on my depression, because when I look at it, a lot of the people I attract are really problematic people themselves.
Does anyone have similar experience?
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Oh yes, for sure! Thanks so much, your post rings really true
. Being depressed made me extremely lonely, so what happens is your "guard" goes way down and you open to anyone who pays you any sort of attention. A few people latched onto me and then I find out they are actually homeless! They ask for a few bucks here and there, and because I'm not a stingy guy, I give a little, but then they become way more demanding over time. When I looked again I was losing a couple of thousand of dollars equivalent to these people, who I thought were my friends!!! It also becomes really hard to cut these people out of your life. I did one person, but the other still says she's my friend, but I tell her I can't afford to give her anything anymore. They were using my money without my knowledge to rent cheap motel rooms to live in! I can't even afford rent for myself, I live with my parents!