Every social interaction irl I do I feel like I’m a loser and the underdog in the relationship.
I think projecting beeing a nice person is not going well for me.
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Everyone puts on heirs and graces especially when trying to impress. The real you comes through in the end so it’s best to just be yourself.
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You think everyone has some sort of a facade?
I feel like I try to impress too hard.
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I use to try being nice to everyone hoping they would like me. In my case I just got used and people respected me less.
Just be yourself bro …
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@dreamer54 i feel similar. Although i dont think i am capable of being this ‘true self’ everyone always raves on about. I think we create ourselves. I tried to ‘just be myself’. Seems like a fiction to me haha. 
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I don’t spend enough time with most people to worry about being taken advantage of. There’s a guy at day treatment that I let borrow ten bucks for tobacco which I’m not happy about. We’re “friends” though so it’s hard to say no when I can easily afford it. I’m kinda a mixed bag. I can be assertive with some people while it’s harder with others. I’ve told this guy no before. He’s really kind of a problem around there.
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Being around people more cause of day treatment has helped me deal with being “myself” whatever that is really. But I get to a point where I’m not thinking about it all the time. I’m able to relax some and just kinda go with it without worrying about every little thing. It almost feels like a lot of those concerns vanish or are replaced with healthier things. When you spend a lot of the day around people talking and hanging out it gets easier to interact with people. it’s like some of those worries don’t even exist after a while. They come back though so you got to maintain. These are my theories and what I feel I experience.
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My friend in supported living/group home also wants to attend the same Day Treatment place I attend and a member of staff told him its only for less functional people. I attend it, that made me feel pretty rubbish.
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Why do U write “beeing” ? Lol
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Why do you write “U”? Just because.
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We’re kinda a mixed group. Different illnesses different level of functioning. Though in a class out of 30-35 people I was the only one in group that knew what the word autonomy meant lol. Day treatment is everything for me though. It’s a very chill supportive environment. Most the time we’re joking around or shooting bs on smoke breaks. There’s a girl I know that doesn’t go cause she said she’s to high functioning for groups. she’s schizophrenic, but having schizophrenia and being to high functioning to socialize doesn’t make sense to me. Everyone needs to socialize.
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Im to old to put on a facad, what you see is what you get with me.
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