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Do you obsess about your friends and people you know? Do you obsess while talking or being with them?
I mean ruminating over your problems or something. over and over because you can't stop? .
Does this affect your friendships? Do they pull away or ghost you? Maybe they are interested or act like it too, then one day they no longer are there. these people can alienate their good friends or partner.
I don't seem to understand the question. Obsessing about people and telling them a problem over and over does not seem to be the same thing.
Are you spending excessive amounts of time thinking about certain friends, or....Do you keep telling them about some problems you have until they avoid you. They are two different questions. Are you trying to ask two different questions?
No. Everyone needs the skills/ability to form good boundaries with the people in their lives. Boundaries that are appropriate for one relationship might not be for another. One size probably doesn't fit all. Discuss obsessive overly dependent behavior with a counselor.
Last edited by Parnassia; 11-05-2022 at 04:27 PM..
No but I have a friend who does. Emotional blackmail. It doesn't work with me. They (used as a single, generic gender term) can't drive me away, which is what they want to do, (and have done to everyone who cared about them) so they can feel sad and alone even more. "Poor me even Catsmom can't stand me now." Nope not falling for it. Nor do I cave to the emotional blackmail by throwing buckets of reassurance and coddling, which would fall on deaf ears. I am not the doctor. I say the truth as I see it then wait it out.
I care a lot about my friend and won't abandon them. But I won't be manipulated into the bad guy or the doctor either.
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