I see you. đ«¶
Youâre the friend whoâs always making the plans and reaching out first.Â
If youâre honest with yourself, sometimes you wonder if your friends would even reach out to you if you didnât text them firstâŠ
You wonder if youâd ever actually see them if YOU didnât make the effortâŠ
That thought scares you. So you continue to check in, text first, make yourself available, and show you care so that your friends always see your value.Â
You treat them to coffee and send the extra sweet text. And you say itâs because you just want to be nice (& you do!) but deep down, you also know youâre doing it so they think youâre valuable and want to keep being your friend.
Youâre the friend who overthinks if you get a text message response that feels a bit short.
âDid I say something wrong to her?â
âIs she mad at me?â
You overanalyze it, lose sleep over it, and then anxiously spiral when you see your friends posting pictures on Instagram stories without you.
You have a tendency to blame yourself any time it seems like someoneâs energy or mood is off.
You dissect their messages. You overthink your responses.Â
You take everything personally and are quick to assume people donât like you or are mad at you.
Youâre the friend who listens.
You are the person your friends go to when theyâre having a hard time.
Youâve had many hang outs where you spent the entire three hours listening to your friend vent, only to get a halfhearted, âSo, how are you?â a few minutes before you go home.
You love to help. You love to listen. But you often feel like, âwait, but whoâs there for me?â
When you leave those situations, you swear youâll speak up more for yourself next time⊠but as soon as your phone dings with a text from a friend who needs your support, you feel the compulsive need to drop what youâre doing and respond immediately.
Youâre the friend who seems to care the most.
In fact, you often feel like youâre way more invested in your friends than they are for you.
You plan the get-togethers. You buy the birthday gifts. You go out of your way to be thoughtful â checking in with a âYouâve got this!â text when you know your friend has a big presentation that day.
But you arenât getting the same in return.
Any time YOU need support, you feel like you need to send out a search signal just to get your friends to pay attention to you and see that you could use some care, too.
You feel discouraged that other people donât seem to have the same heart as you do. It hurts to feel like you care the most and others donât ever show up the same way for you.
I see you, my friend. And Iâve helped so many highly sensitive clients like you. đ«¶
The truth is, you canât control what other people do. But you CAN heal your dysfunctional relational patterns.
And if you find yourself always caring the most, getting into these dynamics where youâre over-functioning, overanalyzing, and spiraling into anxiety the minute something feels âoffâ in your friendshipâŠ
You have dysfunctional relational patterns to heal.
In other words, there are ways YOU are contributing to the dissatisfaction youâre experiencing in your friendships. There is a part you are playing in these dynamics. And that is really good news! Because when you do this inner work, not only do YOU change, but your friendships radically change. đ