is it hard for those who are angry to friend each other?

Page 1 of 1 [ 5 posts ] 

simfish
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jun 2006
Age: 117
Gender: Male
Posts: 62
Location: Redmond,WA

15 May 2010, 8:21 pm

so i highly identify with those who are angry/disillusioned with the world/humanity. i've approached quite a few of them.

but the only problem, it seems, is that it's so hard for me to become friends with them. it seems that so many of them are so hardened that they practically only care about themselves (this is sort of true about me as well =/)

but couldn't there be a way for them to become friends with each other?



Chronos
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Apr 2010
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Posts: 8,698

15 May 2010, 9:04 pm

simfish wrote:
so i highly identify with those who are angry/disillusioned with the world/humanity. i've approached quite a few of them.

but the only problem, it seems, is that it's so hard for me to become friends with them. it seems that so many of them are so hardened that they practically only care about themselves (this is sort of true about me as well =/)

but couldn't there be a way for them to become friends with each other?



My dear simfish, there is no sugar sweet enough to sweeten the hearts of the bitter.

There is no reason to be angry at the world, as you have more friends in it than you think. That being said, we are the odd ones out, and though we didn't ask to be in such a situation, we do need to make a little more effort in life to be more self aware and more diplomatic in some situations.

Life did not get better for me until I started asking "How can I improve myself?"



shawnh
Butterfly
Butterfly

User avatar

Joined: 14 May 2010
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 9

16 May 2010, 1:42 am

It's because so many people have taken advantage of us, once we have figured that out... why would I want to risk being taken advantage of again? Shoot or be shot...



silentbob15
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 802

16 May 2010, 1:50 am

misery loves company :roll:



Chronos
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Apr 2010
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Posts: 8,698

16 May 2010, 2:39 am

shawnh wrote:
It's because so many people have taken advantage of us, once we have figured that out... why would I want to risk being taken advantage of again? Shoot or be shot...


Part of improving yourself IS figuring out how not to be taken advantage of.

Believe it or not, sometimes...not all the time, but probably fairly frequently among those with AS or other communication difficulties, when someone is taken advantage of, much of the blame for it falls on them, because they failed to define their boundaries to the other individual, and that individual thought the other person didn't have a problem with whatever it was they were doing.

People with AS are guilty of this as well, as the boundaries of others aren't always clear to us.

So we should try harder to figure out the boundaries of others and define out own boundaries to them.