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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a complete failure. I have a masters degree, albeit from a state school. But I'm not amazing at anything. When I get down about that, friends and acquaintances say I'm just being hard o myself - that my standards are too high. The thing is, I see them and others accomplish what I'd love to accomplish, so it seems like they're saying I should should be satisfied with what I've done, even though it's not much.

Why are they holding me to lower standards? This really bothers me.[/quote]

I think you're reading into this too much. "You are too hard on yourself" is just, like, a thing people say. They're just trying to say something nice and you're taking it personally.

It's not really up to your friends to hold you to any sort of professional standard, that's kind of a weird expectation to have. [/quote]

I'd rather they be honest, not nice.[/quote]

Nobody cares as much as you do. I honestly don't give a shlt about my friends' professional ambitions, other than being happy for them when they are happy, and commiserating when they are sad. I don't care if my friends make partner if they don't.

I can't emphasize enough to you how unhealthy your thinking is. [/quote]

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