an emotionally draining friend? that's sad.
well when you get told, 'I hate your font/color/you'
one tends to shy away, ya know? but I took like a
four year hiatus and now I refuse to be shunned.
Seito taught me how it feels to include all.
I live by that rule for mene's sake.
don't like me don't talk to me
i'mma still come around ;p

I hope I'm not a draining person. I know I can be, but aside from the occasional complaint I try to keep it off mene. :<

I try not to be emotionally draining to others...but I really could be if I just let it all hang out!
Mene is my distraction from devastating depression.

I don't know what I would do without my online friends.

Glomps Kirin

hummy: Unfortunately my issue with this friend is more that she doesn't seem to want help, she wants attention. Example: She tells me she has been feeling off and super tired lately but doesn't know why. And then she wonders if she should go to the health care center but instead of just trying to go, she automatically assumes they will just tell her "you need more sleep." So she won't bother going and will use it as an excuse to miss class. This friend also has depression, so overall it's tough to deal with.

monstahh`/faerie: I don't mind people complaining or occasionally being emotionally draining. I understand that everyone needs that person that they can tell everything to. But in this case, it is not reciprocal in that I feel like I could tell my friend everything that bothers me. She is a very "well my situation is so much worse" kind of person.

Inzanebraned: Yeah, my friend doesn't really have anything to settle her mind at all. So I get FB messages and snapchats about how horrible her life is and how she thinks she is a failure at all times. It's tough as there is little I can really do to help (and trust me, I have tired).

Kirin: At this point, if I didn't have internet friends, I would have had a psychotic break long ago.

ah, it is a tough situation for you.
depression is so difficult for everyone
duddet~we got'cher back, YO!

Lol, thanks. I know depression is one of the most difficult things that any person could have to deal with but it is so difficult when you (as the outsider) just feel like the person almost goes out of his/her way to make themselves helpless. And then you kind of come to a dead end and don't know where to go from there.

yeah, I was meaning for both people.
my BGodmother can be almost impossible
but I know she would not be that way if she could.
I just say a prayer and remember that I love her so much.

I'm not gonna lie, it's times like this that I wish I had a faith/religion to turn to. I envy those who believe and have faith in things like "God has done this for a reason."

I honestly believe I would have lost my Godmother
when my cousin was killed if she had full control all the time.
I think that made her depression almost unbearable but she is still here.
that sounds selfish but she is such a wonderful, loving and kind person!
she has never met a person or an animal she wouldn't give her last morsel to.
And I love her more than words can express. Most of my family couldn't be bothered

Yeah, unfortunately my friend is a selfish person who thinks she is selfless. She also was diagnosed with anxiety after her last boyfriend broke up with her. Overall, she is a very challenging person to deal with. We have many friends who have kind of just phased her out of their lives.

and you feel loyal?

I was just telling someone that I never feel a feeling I would describe as "drained" because of social interaction. We were talking about whether or not I'm actually an introvert, as I call myself.

I keep to myself. I only wish I could talk to others when they're talking about one of mine interests or when they look like they're having fun. Like other introverts, I am very quiet, but when someone speaketh of one of mine interests, I cannot shut up for hours.

i thought i posted here?

hummy: It is in my nature. I'm also not very good at getting rid of toxic people/environments for myself. I rarely put my needs above others nor do I have react well when others do try and put me first.

Amane: I would still consider you more of an introvert. Extrovert is someone that can go up to anyone and just start a conversation (at least that is my brain's definition).

As for the subject of online friends, some of mine online friends don't like to say "IRL friends" because they think of the Internet as the real life, too, and therefore they are their Internet friends' "IRL friends." I think of the Internet and the "real life" as separate because when I don't have an Internet connection, I am alone.

I said I have no IRL friends, and a few of my friends said, "Hey, I am thine IRL friend!"

I... have always kept my online friends separate from my in person friends. I have never met any of my online friends in real life and probably never will. I don't even typically share my real name with online friends. I think it stems from my idea that my online self and in person self are two separate entities sharing the same body.

To me, an extrovert is someone who craveth to be around people often. They come alive in crowded settings where they can be loud and talk as much as they desire. Introverts… prefer the opposite of what extroverts prefer.

toxic peoplre need lurves too

Originally Posted by secretdae007

hummy: It is in my nature. I'm also not very good at getting rid of toxic people/environments for myself. I rarely put my needs above others nor do I have react well when others do try and put me first.

Amane: I would still consider you more of an introvert. Extrovert is someone that can go up to anyone and just start a conversation (at least that is my brain's definition).

Originally Posted by marnie

toxic peoplre need lurves too

I know but putting up with toxic requires a certain level of skill and tolerance which I find most people unable to keep up with. Again, I have friends who have somewhat cut ties with our mutual toxic friend.

I know how you feel. I guess it helps a little bit more to when it's family. Well I guess I really can say that because I have a lot of family that just doesn't care at all. Including her own son. It makes me mad because I'm afraid one day I'll find her. Because he's too much of a butthead to even be bothered to bring her food or anything like that. Wow sorry I don't mean to be a

I don't share my real name because I detest my real name. I'm not brave enough to tell people to call me a nickname because, for one, I fear looking strange for going by a name that beareth no relation to mine actual name. And second, I fear growing tired of my nickname, too, so then I go by another one, and then I become the girl with five hundred names, and the question when thou meetest me is, "What is thy name this week?"

Wow, that was a lot. You put a lot of thought into everything, don't you?

I have had Dae for about 14-15 years? Comes from something I haven't read in years and didn't really have a big impact on my life besides the internet name.