so if you have the headspace for it, I could need some advice on friendships.. I'm a very jealous person, but I never start drama, I just feel like shit. and I really need to stop but I don't know how? so my best friend and I have known each other for 3 1/2 yrs now and we've started calling each other best friends abt 1 1/2 yrs ago, I think. we've been traveling together a lot (spent 3 weeks together one summer, awesome!), talking about everything. we're very close. 1/?
🌿 (not copying the whole ask because it’s pretty long, but I might make a post on this because it’s an important conversation.)
I’m honestly really proud of you for identifying your struggle. It IS insecurity.
I think we all struggle with it to some extent because having meaningful relationships are necessary for life. Yet, lemme try my hand at giving some advice.
Do you realise the reason behind creators bringing out clickbait posts? Insecurity. They attach their worth to a subscriber count. And when they compare themselves to another creator’s account, it hurts them subconsciously to see someone else flourishing with a couple thousand more followers because–and this is important—it makes them feel they’re worth less. (!! Why? Because to them, their worth = no of subscribers)
You’re doing the same thing, darling. You’re attaching your worth to the number of friends you have. It might not lead you to making twerking videos but it’ll eventually turn you into a people pleaser (!!! Why? Because you’ll want more friends to fill your emptiness. So you’ll do & say things that you think X will approve of to be their friend)
Second reason, it’s because we live our lives in terms of quantity VS quality. We want MORE friends, more money, more things in our lives over quality relationships and valuable items.
Don’t take this as me being condescending. I’m not. I struggle with just a variant of this a lot, because I’m lonely. I have 2 friends and even THEN, even though I KNOW my people are the best in the world and they’re 200% there for me, I still feel insecure going to school.
I hate sitting alone in classes when my friends are absent. I feel like everyone’s staring at me, judging me for not having ‘friends’.
Yet when I get back home, I often laugh at how foolish I am. I chose this. I chose meaningful relationships over fake friendships a year ago, and having zero friends because I prefer not to gossip is a consequence of that.
(I mean, for real. Is it really a friendship if all you do is gossip, judge and bitch about others? Not to me. My friendships are built on dreams. They’re built on mutual love and support over ideas we both agree on, and I simply don’t connect with people if all we do when we’re together is hate on life.)
Even then, I struggle. It’s real, and I don’t blame you. But I’ll urge you to detach yourself from your friendships (mentally ofc, don’t want you to become antisocial or anything) and instead focus on the ones who truly mean something to you. It’s a hard road, but a worthy one. We have enough twerking videos as it is.
—Bonus: Remember, nobody pities you. People simply don’t have the time or energy to waste more than 5 seconds on you, because they’re wrapped up in their own dramas. Stop thinking of yourself as a sorry case. You’re a star, and the more you put yourself down, the harder it is to love yourself.
Anyways! :) I’m very proud of you for identifying your flaw, it’s an extremely brave thing to do. Go work on them now, the directions say only forward from here. 💕