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Lisa asked in Family & RelationshipsFriends · 9 years ago

Why do I "enjoy" pitying myself?

Often, i pity myself. It's weird because i enjoy it. I like to feel bad about myself. I like to think about bad things in my life and be upset. Most people probably don't like the idea of self-pity and try to avoid it, but i'm more of the opposite. Its almost as if i'd rather be sad and feel bad, then be happy. I like seeing happy people and then wishing i could be like that too. I feel it has a lot to do with my friends. I feel very disconnected to them. I think about the way I am treated by them. One has a boyfriend who she obsesses about, the other is not as close to me but we are friends. The problem with her is she is boy-crazed, self obsessed (makeup-wise). & my last friend, who is more of my own friend than the friend of my other two friends, but she's still apart of our group. I've always felt like i could trust her, until now. Often I find myself ranting to her about how I feel about my other two friends. Somehow she always finds a way to counter act my argument. For example, I will tell her that one of my friends is obsessed over her boyfriend and talks about him all the time (which she does), and she will tell me that she is not "that" bad and that i am her friend so i should listen to what she has to say. She finds a way to disagree with me on almost everything i say about my other friends. I feel like she's constantly on their side. I feel like she's a terrible sympathizer and makes me feel like i'm always being irrational. She is not close with them, which is why she doesn't have to listen about what my boyfriend-crazed friend said about her bf. That's why it worse for me. There are so many other things that they do, like taking forever during lunch and talking to billions of people. I almost feel like there's something wrong with me now, which is why i constantly pity myself. :/ Throughout all of my school years, I feel like I've never had good, genuine friends, i've often been a loner, like how i decided to sit alone in the cafeteria a couple days ago ( because as always they were taking forever). That's maybe why i'm so awkward and self-pitying now. I feel like i'm more school & family oriented while my other friends are more social & friends oriented. That's also why i'm more focused on my schoolwork, I've been more motivated to do my work because I feel like i don't need friends/a social life. Whenever I get good marks, that's when I feel good, not when i'm with my friends. It's stupid, but it's like school is my friend :O But it's bothering me now. I think the friend that i could trust is thinking of me as a bad person for talking about my others friends and what they do that annoys me. I think she thinks i'm a hypocrite :o So, i'm gonna leave it at this, i'm sorry it's probably long but I don't really have anyone else to rant to. What do you think is wrong?

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  • 9 years ago
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    I have a friend who's like this. Shes very pessimistic, the cool thing is that we've been friends long (since elementary) enough to where she tells me her problems. I always try to make her smile and laugh to try and think of something else that's totally unrelated about anything that has to deal with the both of us. Like I talked to her whole time during exam day ( a free day, its orchestra what do you study for?) and we talked about her favorite bands or why Disney princesses weird people, and on the same day I was drawing and she decided to watch me, shed comment me on how the torso of my bodies are short and Id use her to help me with anatomy. I would make comments to her on how pretty her face and body is with her scoliosis body, and it made her laugh (shes so pretty and doesn't believe it). Shes told me that im the type of person that holds people together, which im thinking that she means im very easy to talk to.

    So im going to tell you that you need to find a good friend that your happy to be with whos also happy to talk with you. You need a BFF! If you talk about some normal neutral things with people your bound to find someone that you can talk to. Let it be in your group or outside of your group. You find friends anywhere if you just talk freely. For example, all my friends are in advanced placement and I feel out of place since I believe that their smarter than me (even though im in the same class as them). One day I talked to this random girl in speech class, and it was like magic! We became friends at the press of a button. And shes in regular stupid kid classes. The both of us are in separate worlds yet we click so easily.

    You just need to look in places you never thought to look before, think outside of the box ;D

    Source(s): Experience
  • nettie
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    5 years ago

    I'm extra of a serial starer, than a pity starer.... I superstar em all! And i saw I forgot to famous person your other question, and simply did...Undoubtedly now not out of pity...I was just too exhausted after my tirade and forgot =) edit: HA...'starer' does not appear proper..However 'starrer' comes up as wrong, oh the Monday morning probs i have

  • 9 years ago

    You dont you have ANTS negative thought process and somehow it feels good because you get used to it, turn that into PANTS somehow, and you will think positivley, lol

    Source(s): Treatment waaayyyy too long, lol
  • 9 years ago

    Back. To. The. Kitchen.

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