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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am probably on the needier dramatic side of things after reading OP’s posts. I have had a hard life starting with birth, I am adopted and had abusive parents. I go to a therapist now but for a long time I thought my friends would stay the same as they were in high school and college, when we would actually engage and listen to each other. I didn’t grow up with a lot of EQ training or empathetic parents. It took me awhile of friends becoming kind of mean to realize what some friends consider normal friendship and sharing our internal struggles about life, others consider drama or neediness. The ones who consider it drama I notice are kind of status-oriented and externally focused, so maybe they don’t like to share anything about themselves and have an issue with vulnerability. Anyway, I’ve learned my lessons and only share with my therapist, my partner, [b]and friends who can handle real life now.[/b][/quote]

This strikes me as very immature. I suspect your friends can handle ‘real life’ it’s just that they don’t have the time or inclination to hear all of your problems all of the time. The issue is a matter of overdoing it. [/quote]

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