friendship

C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Insecure People Try to Make Other People Insecure
Many insecure people cause other people to be insecure. How do they do this exactly? Insecure people can be very critical. Deep down inside, I think they feel the weight of their own insecurities, so they try to distract themselves by being critical of others. In a way, the spotlight is cast on others for just a little while, so that it eases the insecure person’s spinning anxieties.
By Rowan Finley 12 days ago in Humans
Are you a weed or a pretty plant ?
one and a half years ago my now ex-boyfriend and I had a really intersting conversation. It was a conversation after or First hege fight and at that moment I felt completely lost .So in the middle of this fight and trying to figure out where we misunderstood each other he said : “ look you are like this weed “ while pointing at it . “ It doesn’t matter how the ground is. You still decide to grow there and you are ambitious to make things work. I am like the plant over there . My ground is good ans it doesn’t really matter what I do- some things are more easy for me even if I don‘t have a plan or a goal“.
By _ lilinana12 days ago in Humans
Signs Your Relationship Is Negatively Affecting Mental Health And Happiness
Constant emotional fatigue is one of the most indicative signs that a relationship is causing mental health problems. You feel exhausted after you communicated with your partner as opposed to being supported or energised. Constant tension, unfinished arguments or emotional vagaries can cause your mind to be in a state of alertness. The consequences of this chronic stress include a lack of focus, insomnia, and general mood. Once a relationship turns out to be a main cause of anxiety, but not a comfort, this is a warning of an unhealthy emotional balance that may gradually undermine the wellbeing of the mind and the happiness of the everyday.
By Robert Smith12 days ago in Humans
Building Strong Relationships To Improve Mental Health And Emotional Stability
Connection and its Role in Emotional Wellbeing. Man is a social animal and good human beings are very important in keeping the emotional health state intact. Significant relationships give one a sense of belonging, which makes him/her feel important and comprehended. The sense of authentic connection makes people feel that they belong to a more stable emotional state, which diminishes loneliness and isolation. Such emotional stability enables people to face day to day issues with less fear and assuredness. With time, uninterrupted emotional attachment makes them resilient and builds a base of trust that helps to sustain mental health during a peaceful and difficult time.
By Robert Smith12 days ago in Humans
The Impact Of Toxic Relationships On Mental Health And Selfesteem
Counseling on Toxic Relationships and Relationship Dynamics. Patterns of control, disrespect, emotional manipulation, or unceasing conflict are some of the characteristics of toxic relationships that lead to the loss of emotional safety. These dynamics end up leaving people exhausted, nervous, or disoriented as opposed to being supported unlike in healthy relationships. Criticism, gaslighting, neglect or mood swings that are hard to predict can be considered toxic behaviors and leave one person emotionally off balance. In the long run, such patterns become a normal part of life and a person finds it hard to realize that he/she is being hurt. This is a very destructive environment of constant emotional stress that causes harm to mental stability and general psychological wellbeing.
By Robert Smith12 days ago in Humans
How Healthy Relationships Support Mental Health And Emotional Wellbeing Daily
The Affirmative Relationships Base on Emotion. Healthy relationships also offer a good emotional base upon which people feel secure, appreciated, and comprehended in their everyday lives. The nervous system is more helpful when the individuals receive regular care and respect each other in order to cope with stress and emotional reactions. This emotional security eliminates the persistent sense of anxiety and enables people to tackle problems with a sense of confidence. Emotional stability and self-worth are promoted by the feeling of being accepted in the way you are and not being constantly afraid of judgment or rejection. In the long run, such an emotional basicing turns into an internal tool that operates the mental health even in challenging or unsure situations.
By Robert Smith12 days ago in Humans
The moment you truly like yourself
The moment you truly like yourself is not the moment you feel better. It’s the moment something stops asking for permission inside you. I didn’t reach it through insight or courage. I reached it through fracture. Through realizing that fear wasn’t the problem—it was the symptom of a distance I kept maintaining from myself.
By Randolphe Tanoguem12 days ago in Humans
How to Get Over Emotional Cheating Without Losing Yourself
Emotional cheating cuts deep. It may not necessarily require physical contact, but it frequently hurts just as much. Trust crumbles softly. Doubt settles very quickly. Many people feel lost, confused, and unsure of who they are following the event. On the Bloom Boldly platform, we believe that you can heal without shrinking or losing your voice. We may move on with confidence, clarity, and self-respect.
By Bloom Boldly13 days ago in Humans
The Quiet Contract of Asian America and the Architecture of Conditional Belonging
America presents itself as a system built on arrival. Come, contribute, comply and belonging will follow. 😊 The promise is implicit, rarely stated aloud, but reinforced through law, labor markets, education systems, and cultural mythology. For many Asian immigrants and their descendants, this promise has always functioned less as an invitation than as a conditional contract; one that demands output without guaranteeing protection.
By Cadma13 days ago in Humans
The Misalignment of America’s Foundational Systems
Systems are meant to organize to provide predictability, fairness, and governance. In the United States, however, the very architecture of its social, political, economic, and legal systems was built on a hierarchy that placed whiteness at the center. This hierarchical system was not simply discriminatory in isolated instances; it was systemic, stitched into the law, enforced through policy, and embedded in culture, producing outcomes that shape every facet of life for people of color, especially African Americans. The fault in this system is not in isolated acts of prejudice, but in the deep structural design that has historically concentrated power and wealth in white hands while marginalizing others. This is not a matter of individual ill will; it is the story of how the nation’s systems were constructed and perpetuated over centuries.
By Cadma13 days ago in Humans
Fly Your Flag
“You are such a freak!” “Why can’t you be normal?” “Would it be so hard for you to be like everyone else?” “ You like what?’ “You do that?” “ Why would you, want that, or want to do that or like that?” Sound familiar? I bet a vast majority of us have. I know I did and often still do.
By Alexandra Grant13 days ago in Humans
Love Divided
I was scrolling through my emails recently when I noticed an interesting article posted by users on Quora entitled ”why do Men struggle mentally in relationships” normally like most people I take a quick glance and the email is confined to the bin, however something about this post captured my intrigue so I decided to take a look further, also to unashamedly see if I could draw comparisons to my own life and experiences. Then, out of surprise, I found a comment which threw me off guard, a topic rarely even discussed out in the open. The comment highlighted how racial differences can become the defining factor in mixed relationships which cause mental health issues.
By Malachai Hough13 days ago in Humans