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Lissette asked in HealthMental Health · 4 years ago

Am I being weird/unfair here or is this reasonable?

So, I go through a lot of difficult things in my life, and my way of dealing with it all is to just vent to friends willing to listen. So I do this, and thankfully there are many friends willing to listen and support me, and let me make it clear: I'm VERY grateful to them for their listening and support.

I have some friends however, who don't seem as willing to listen/ talk to me about these more serious topics. And these are friends who I really enjoy talking to, so even though I get a lot of good support from my other friends, I still wish that these friends who don't really talk to me about this serious stuff would.

Am I just a horrible attention seeker? Or is this understandable?

Thank you!!

Update:

These friends don't flat out tell me to shut up or anything when I talk to them about serious things , they just won't respond, and I respect this, understanding some people just aren't willing or able to respond to this stuff.

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  • 4 years ago

    completely understandable!! it's always nice to have support from your friends, and when they don't want to listen it can be kind of disappointing; there's nothing wrong with that. but i also think that since you have friends who talk to you, maybe just stick to talking about your more serious issues with those friends, to avoid any more disappointment? good luck :)

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    the best way to lose friends is to tell of your problems. the best way of dealing with them is to help yourself.

    if someone was constantly telling you of troubles you would tell them to shut up

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