Do you have a close friend who seems popular with everyone and you feel jealous of her other friendships? Or maybe you’ve been friends with someone for a long time, but feel insecure because there’s someone new in the picture? Perhaps you’re part of a group but often feel left out when others seem closer […]
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If you worry excessively about your platonic relationships it could be a sign of “Friendship Anxiety”. Friendship Anxiety is not a medical term but its a phrase that describes feeling insecure and anxious about your friends. This is not usually because of what your friends are doing, but because anxiety is making you think and act in
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,As we get older, life has a habit of getting in the way of friendships. We may move to a new town, start a family or simply drift from childhood school friends. But, unlike childhood, we don’t have a classroom full of potential “new best friends” to replace them, so getting to know new friends
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Relationships are not always easy and can take hard work but if you have low self worth they can be even harder. For example, do you find it hard to trust people which causes arguments or you struggle to don’t feel confident enough to start relationships in the first place? Maybe you find yourself regularly
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Low self worth is a very common problem and its not always obvious that we are affected by it. We might be stressed at work because we don’t like making mistakes or perhaps beat ourselves up when comparing ourselves to others. We might find relationships stressful because we feel insecure or constantly think we have
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You get a text from your friend asking you to go and see her favourite band with her. Without thinking you automatically reply “yeah sure” but inside you groan. You can think of a million reasons why not: You can’t really afford it, you’ve got alot on and you do’t even like the music. But
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Do you often worry whether you friends are mad at you even when they tell you they aren’t? Perhaps thinking if they seem “off” thats its something you have done? Or maybe worried you have offended them if they don’t reply to a text? Maybe you feel anxious in other ways such as not wanting
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As a therapist, friendship issues are something that clients bring a lot to therapy sessions. They think its just them but I have become that many clients share the same patterns in their friendship problems. In fact, I resonated with them myself. The patterns are starting to be described as “Friendship Anxiety” so I decided
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Do you find friendships a source of anxiety? Perhaps you worry if they are mad at you or going to leave you for another friend? Do you feel insecure with friends, even if you have known them a long time? If so, if could be that experience anxious attachment in friendships which is causing friendship
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If you worrying excessively about your platonic relationships because you fear being rejected by them, you may also think there’s something wrong with you when it happens. Not knowing why you worry about friends can make you feel alone and think you’re the only one. Although not an official medical term “friendship anxiety” is being
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