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Worrying about people liking you

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Much as I am able to rationalise the idea that "not everyone will like you", I feel it's a bit more complex than that.

If someone that's present in my sphere doesn't like me or has an issue with me, especially if it's someone I care about upsetting, it goes beyond "oh, they don't like me". It becomes "are they going to get revenge/try and destroy me?".

I also find myself struggling with my friends too. It's nothing that they've done wrong, it's entirely my own problem, but I go through phases of questioning if they like me. I fear that they're going to abandon me and occasionally I might want some reassurance but I wouldn't know how to go about it in the best way - I obviously wouldn't ask every day but sometimes I may feel like I need it.

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  • Yeah, I've always felt like that during school, College and university, and even when I was first looking for a job back in 2018,

    I'm not good at communication in any situation. I will always be polite and well-mannered when talking to others. But I've always felt like, I didn't come across as enthusiastic and they don't like me. I still fell like that sometimes today, But I don't really let it bother me as much as it used too. 

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  • Yeah, I've always felt like that during school, College and university, and even when I was first looking for a job back in 2018,

    I'm not good at communication in any situation. I will always be polite and well-mannered when talking to others. But I've always felt like, I didn't come across as enthusiastic and they don't like me. I still fell like that sometimes today, But I don't really let it bother me as much as it used too. 

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