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RedMageIngus
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20 Oct 2007, 7:19 pm

I couldn't care less about what my friends think of me.



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21 Oct 2007, 4:56 am

ALL THE TIME. I am completely paranoid about it. Even though I've learned to push those kind of thoughts to the back of my mind, they still resurface sometimes. It's especially annoying when you know you're being irrational but you still can't help thinking it.



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21 Oct 2007, 5:08 am

atm, somewhat...


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21 Oct 2007, 6:17 am

:arrow: THATS GOOD! :!:

RedMageIngus wrote:
I couldn't care less about what my friends think of me.



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21 Oct 2007, 12:30 pm

Yes haha, this is the main reason I don't have friends. Excessive irrational paranoia about what they think of me. I tried to break free from this paranoia recently. I was doing fine for a while, but the negative thoughts came back. It is truely exhausting, I am much happier and stable by myself with no ties to anybody. I don't hate people though.

Odd though I don't care about what strangers think of me.



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22 Oct 2007, 8:44 pm

I feel this way and it's a hard feeling to shake off, but it comforts my mind when I take control of my own thoughts and stop putting people on a pedestal and remind myself that I'm a human being just like them. If they don't like me for who I am, then I can't control that. I can only control the way I react to it mentally