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I keep hurting the people I love

User Profile: PicklesANDOcean4ever
PicklesANDOcean4ever September 28th

I keep hurting my best friends by trying to relate to them so much that they feel like I'm making it about me. I dont know why I keep doing this even though I've been working on thiss in therapy for a year also if you end up reading this I really am sorry.

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User Profile: PicklesANDOcean4ever
PicklesANDOcean4ever OP September 28th

@PicklesANDOcean4ever

and I know that we know that we've not had to like make up or anything but I hurt you and I'm sorry

User Profile: Ednamius
Ednamius September 28th

@PicklesANDOcean4ever Hey,no need to be sorry! It's not your fault. Thank you for sharing something so important,it can take a lot of courage and effort <3


It can be really upsettling to end up hurting your friends and appearing like you're making everything about you,while you just genuinely want to relate to them. It's human to feel that way,I would too.

And congratulations for working on this in therapy! I'm so proud of you for trying so hard and caring so much! Changing can be really hard,but id that's your wish,I believe in you,you've got this. Take your time,it can be really hard to achieve something like this (:

What do you think is the best thing you could do right now? 
User Profile: lovelyTruth3113
lovelyTruth3113 September 29th

don’t be sorry we are here for you!

User Profile: lovelyTruth3113
lovelyTruth3113 September 29th

don’t be sorry we are here for you!

User Profile: PicklesANDOcean4ever
PicklesANDOcean4ever OP September 29th

@PicklesANDOcean4ever

(BTW I was talking to my friend and saying sorry he just barely joined cups)

User Profile: muddles0the0essa
muddles0the0essa October 6th

i know how u feel i lost all my friends but it worked out because i found new ones that understand how my brain works

User Profile: raventide
raventide October 7th

I totally understand, we try to relate to others so bad, so they know we are on there side. So they know we Know how they feel. To Let them know we understand.

That we will sit beside them in the ‘hole’ that they are in, so they are not alone. Because we wish someone would sit with us.. and we desperately don’t want them to feel alone like we have before.

I’m trying to teach myself too, to just be present. Be still and silence. To just listen and sit with them a wile. Somtimes they don’t need our empathy. Somtimes people just need us to be present.

It’s hard tho.. ❤️ just think, there issue, sadness, situation is a big black hole. They don’t want us to tell them how we have fallen in before, or how we got out. Somtimes we just need to sit with them for a wile. Holding there hand.. Wile they figure it out.

User Profile: raventide
raventide October 7th

I totally understand, we try to relate to others so bad, so they know we are on there side. So they know we Know how they feel. To Let them know we understand.

That we will sit beside them in the ‘hole’ that they are in, so they are not alone. Because we wish someone would sit with us.. and we desperately don’t want them to feel alone like we have before.

I’m trying to teach myself too, to just be present. Be still and silence. To just listen and sit with them a wile. Somtimes they don’t need our empathy. Somtimes people just need us to be present.

It’s hard tho.. ❤️ just think, there issue, sadness, situation is a big black hole. They don’t want us to tell them how we have fallen in before, or how we got out. Somtimes we just need to sit with them for a wile. Holding there hand.. Wile they figure it out.