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If you don't have friends it doesn't mean that you are an awful person. There are lots of horrid people around who have lots of friends who are equally as horrid as them.
If people treat you badly it doesn't mean that you are a bad person and deserve to be treated that way. Their poor behaviour says far more about the type of person that they are than it does about you. Sometimes it doesn't matter how much effort you put in you, you still don't get anything back. Don't waste your time on people who don't value you. |
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^ Maybe in one way, but there are many people from wealthy families who are extremely damaged and who suffered abuse and neglect and who's parents were alcoholics and drug addicts. Just look at the amount of people who were sent to boarding school as children and all the horrors that came with that.
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We came up dirt poor. My dad would go overseas for work, sometimes for weeks at a time and literally all we'd have to eat was what was left in the pantry. I remember one week in particular we wound up living on watered down powdered custard with lots of sugar added. Seemed great at first (anything sweet was a rare treat), but it quickly got old. Often sent off to school with no lunch and no money for the cafeteria, then getting bullied because of my rumbling stomach. Thankfully times have changed.
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Bullies are excrutiatingly insecure.
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Excellent post Consolida. |
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saying no to people is ok (I still try and please people but I am getting better at just refusing to put myself in anxiety provoking situations!)
oh and I've also learnt that my SA is less severe when I forget my glasses - it is great when I can't distinguish facial expressions very well! (not so great at helping me complete my tasks at work tho!) |
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Lovely reading these posts.
Self-love is spending time doing what you love to do, not looking in the mirror and repeatedly saying ‘I love myself’. |
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You can't win, so don't try.
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Don't be too quick to judge people- you never know why they are like that. And people are just so different. In fact, some are like separate species and really can't be judged by the same standard. It's like yelling at a snail for not keeping up with a greyhound in a race.
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Don't.
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To not be bitter. Accept that sometimes people have off days and that we are all preoccupied with our own issues to some extent - not everyone is going to be understanding all of the time. We are all humans struggling with our own issues. Try not to judge or write people off. Some of my closest friends were people I never understood for a long time. Sometimes it is the people you least expect that will come through for you in times of need. I am thankful to those people for sticking around.
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the ''power of now''
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''Some of my closest friends were people I never understood for a long time'' - I haven't really experienced this but I think I understand what you mean. |
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money talks
don't always trust authority some things you didn't think were important (and more complicated, sometimes things you didn't even know existed), sometimes are can you verify it? things that are inappropriate in one situation, can be appropriate in another should be able to, doesn't necessarily mean should |
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"When someone shows you who they are,believe them the first time" - Maya Angelou.
Everything passes,good and bad. Life has no intrinsic meaning,only those we find for ourselves. Sometimes the nicest people think they are the worst. Anyone who feels the need to tell you they are funny/wacky/crazy/honest/trustworthy/'bring the party' and so on are always the opposite. I know nothing and need far more lessons. |
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That much of how our world is, is coloured by our perspective; a positive outlook doesn't solve all our problems or stop natural disasters, pandemics, climate change and wars (to name a few) but it can make a small change, not only to our view of the world but also to how others view us. It also makes the issues we face easier to handle.
Living in the past doesn't help us progress, living in the present and looking to the future is the way forward. Being thankful for what we have is far better than lamenting what we lack. |
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religion is essentially all about feeling better about yourself. (or also, 'k me, to understand other people) knowledge is power...and the more you can find out about "why" someone is behaving the way they do, the more power it gives you over the way you react to them. and the way you react to them...might be to steer as clear of them as possible. or to give them a hint... that if they continue to ***k you off, you'll disclose information or possibly it could be to have a conversation with them (it's a crazy world) |
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I've learnt that I have to take personal responsibility for healing my past wounds, plus stop playing the victim and holding on to anger.
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That things can always get worse and invariably will do enjoy today...cause tomorrow will be worse.
Think I’m getting the hang of this motivational speech writing |
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Everything is not as it seems. Some people will lead you on and then break your heart.
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That i was right it is logical having social anxiety and not wanting to be around humans. The socially anxious agoraphobics will survive this lockdown much easier than noisy outgoing extroverts.
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That I shouldn't have given so much credence to the negative opinions of certain people and lived my life in the way I wanted and bollox to anyone who didn't like that.
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@Consolida!
"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option" - Maya Angelou Nobody's perfect Love is real Love is the best thing and also the only thing capable of causing so much (emotional) pain it feels like it can destroy you Love isn't always enough Expect the unexpected That my decision-making process is not to be trusted The whole `keep calm and carry on` isn't always an option,but sometimes just the carrying-on part is enough,to whatever degree you can manage it Sh*t happens |
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Cliff Richards is crap.
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