So I was kind of doing more digging and reexamining certain things, and I learned that I have a ton of issues when it comes to relationships. The first one is that I tend to wall myself off. It's something I've done since I was a kid and I guess it has something to do with me being introverted, but I'd like to try and change that. I've been doing better at it, but I'm thinking of at least working more on that. I still feel occasionally walled off from a lot of people at school. No, scratch that -- a lot walled off.
Also, I had issues turning down guys when I was a teenager. I guess the first factor was the fact that I thought that it was something that I was "supposed" to do in middle school and later college. The second factor was...well, I guess I didn't want to disappoint them. And maybe there was a bit of wondering why they would be interested in me. (Yeah, I know, I know) But I had issues saying "no". Quite a few of them. It was very difficult. And it definitely got me into a lot of trouble in the second instance. So I have a combination of difficulty letting people in and issues saying "no".
What do you guys think? What should I do to work on that?
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