I do keep acting as if I truly believe that my friends and close ones like me, but sometimes it really does feel like a mask. The most productive thing to do is to act as if you are liked, even if you don’t believe it.
But no yeah irrational brain is dumb. Ever catching onto the smallest innocent thing, thinking “this is it” (it’s almost never it). It’s exhausting.
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I know. And I keep telling my stupid brain that.
I do keep acting as if I truly believe that my friends and close ones like me, but sometimes it really does feel like a mask. The most productive thing to do is to act as if you are liked, even if you don’t believe it.
But no yeah irrational brain is dumb. Ever catching onto the smallest innocent thing, thinking “this is it” (it’s almost never it). It’s exhausting.
I impulsively calculate and iterate on the “what-if this, what-if that” myself too, which is unhealthy and leads me to stress when I overdo it.