I bought a bunch of really expensive gifts for a few of my friends.
That doesn't seem like bettering yourself at all, rather the opposite.Repr1se wrote:
Decided to stop making friends. Hypocrites and backstabbers, all of them.
Live in solitary is the best.
I don't think I elaborated enough. Apologies.Railey2 wrote:
That doesn't seem like bettering yourself at all, rather the opposite.
My two cents:
Prolonged episodes of self-induced solitude just made me very unhappy long-term. Getting hurt by others is awful, but deciding to withdraw completely from having any sort of meaningful relationship was worse. It was a silent, creeping pain, a dangerous one because you start accepting it as part of your personality, because you start to cozy up to it.
You aren't special. People are just people. If you get hurt, remember: Some of them are awful, but most of them are just stupid (shoutout to Hanlon's Razor). This applies even more when you are still in your teens.
And oh well, people can be pretty great once you know how to deal with them.
Go out, meet some people. You need them. We all do. Don't shoot yourself in the leg by choosing to not trust anyone anymore. Trust is always a risk, but solitude is already a loss.