Opening them feels daunting the minute they come, and the longer I put them off due to that, the more guilt gets added to the mix too, so they just go unadressed.

Has anyone found a strategy that works for this?

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

It seems to be the writing part that's the hirdle for me because you have to do so much empathising, remembering, imagining, phrasing things acceptably, deciding what you actually want and working out how you actually feel (this can be a hard one), etc etc.

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    Yeah it sucks i dont like this masking part neither. Usually if i overthink about these things, it means that these people are not comfy for me and I just let them go. You absolutely dont have to meet all their emotional needs if you don't have energy or interest for this. I cleared a lot of people from my cirle recently and Im sooo relieved now because I can ignore them freely for days and then respond just with random shitpost meme and its so liberaring because noone gets upset (and they do the same bc they have adhd too lol)

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