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Welcome back to Advice Session, a series here on Anything Goes where you, yes you, send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on and then I,
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yes me, give you my own professional advice.
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And today's topic is a topic that we've touched on many a times here on Anything Goes, and that would be the topic of friendship.
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But more specifically, friendship breakups in boundaries, also known as the less fun part of friendship.
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The fun part of friendship is going and getting brunch together, going on a hike together, talking about your crushes together,
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talking about a funny YouTube video you saw the other day.
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You know, that's the fun part of friendship.
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The not fun part of friendship, friendship breakups and boundaries.
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Although I will say, boundaries are not necessarily not fun.
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Boundaries can be awesome.
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And they can actually make a friendship more fun, I would argue.
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Friendship breakups, on the other hand, not fun.
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Nothing is fun about that.
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Long term, there can be relief, but short term, kind of sucks, kind of sucks.
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Boundaries, more awesome, still kind of uncomfortable.
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So we're going to be touching on some of the more uncomfortable parts of friendship today
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But that was enough to fuck my boys up.
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In addition to the flu, it's like I just, my pipes have been off.
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So ignore that and excuse that.
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Anyway, without further ado, let's begin.
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Now back to the episode.
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Somebody said, I want to end a friendship because it sucks the life out of me.
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But my friend doesn't know that because I don't think I make it obvious.
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So if I brought it up, it might make me seem crazy or seem random.
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What do I do?
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Well, this is interesting.
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It sounds like to me
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that you've never had a conversation with this friend about whatever it is that makes this relationship exhausting.
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You've never brought it up.
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Now, I don't know what your friend is doing, right?
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And that is helpful information.
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But I will say, in relationships, relationships, confrontation is key.
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That's what makes relationships grow, evolve.
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That's what allows relationships to continue through various chapters of life, right?
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If you're not communicating and confronting, it's very hard to keep a relationship going.
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And so I don't know what your friend is doing that sucks the life out of you.
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And that's a serious statement.
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I take that very seriously.
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You know, if this person's sucking the life out of you, that's a big problem and we need to fix that.
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However, if it's possible and fair to yourself,
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I think it's not a terrible idea before just jumping ship on the friendship to perhaps maybe bring up the exhausting traits,
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qualities about your friend to your friend before you just jump ship.
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I mean, listen, you got to be, you know, you want to be kind about it.
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You want to be gentle about it.
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You want to be empathetic about it.
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You want to remember that the person that you're confronting is a fellow human being, has feelings, even if what they're doing is a bummer.
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But you could gently, respectfully bring up your grapes with your friend, find a creative way to do that.
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And your friend might be like, oh, I didn't even notice that about myself.
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I'm so sorry.
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Wow.
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Thank you for letting me know.
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You're right.
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That's true.
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I'm going to work on that.
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And your friend might learn something about themselves through that experience
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and improve and grow from that experience and they might from
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that conversation become a great friend to you once again
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that doesn't suck the life out of you I think
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if it's fair to yourself
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and it makes sense in this situation meaning whatever this person is doing isn't
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so bad so bad
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that you know it's like an obvious sort of choice to leave the relationship I would say bring it up
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and give them a little chance to resolve it first, see what they do.
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And if they don't take this as a growth opportunity, if perhaps they're defensive upon the confrontation, if perhaps they're open.
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to the criticism, the constructive criticism in the moment, but then they don't actually grow from that.
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Okay.
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Then you can have a conversation.
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You can be like, you know what, we've talked about this before.
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It hasn't really changed.
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And it's something that really bugs me.
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And I don't think I can, I can be in your life in the capacity that I'm in it now, because I just can't handle that.
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I'm definitely, that was definitely kind of therapy speak.
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I don't even go to therapy currently.
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So it's like, where did that come from?
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But that was sort of therapy speak.
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But then at that point, it's not coming out of left field.
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It's not coming out of nowhere.
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You've already brought this up.
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Your friend is aware that there's something about them that is challenging for you, perhaps challenging to many people.
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It's just a challenging trait in general.
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And you can feel good knowing that you gave them the chance.
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You gave them a heads up.
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And that was the most that you could do.
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And they are not going to feel like this is coming out of left field coming out of nowhere.
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You know what I mean?
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I think it doesn't hurt to bring it up and see what they do and then go from there.
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I think that that is potentially a great solution for you.
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I will say though, if your friend is like doing something really wrong,
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like being really mean to you, or I don't even know, like, you know, doing something that's sort of that's like super super fucked up
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okay saying mean things about you bringing you down constantly
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and you've never brought it up
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because you're like I'm just trying to be chill I'm trying
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to be a chill friend you know I don't want to
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I don't want to stir the pot well chances are
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if your friend is doing something that bad they know they know
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that they're doing that so if you bring it up even
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if it comes out of left field even
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if it kind of feels like it's coming out of nowhere
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if it's something like that if you bring it up and you say you know what I don't know
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I really wanted to be friends with you, but you really hurt me in this way.
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You really sucked the life out of me, to use your own words.
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And this is why.
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If it's something that is actually deeply hurtful and not just like, oh, they copy everything I do.
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Or, oh, they always ditch me at parties and go talk to boys, other boys.
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Or like, I'm just giving random examples of things
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that are not ideal but also not necessarily a complete deal breaker right those are things
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that could be worked through whereas like
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if somebody's not on your team they're bringing you down they're
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saying mean shit about you to your face they're like trying to bring you down a peg constantly
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and that's sucking the life out of you like that's a huge issue
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and yes i think that that's a valid reason to leave a friendship immediately
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but i think if you bring that up chances are they are going to know
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that they're doing that and they're going to be very aware of
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that and the second you say it they're not going to be surprised
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that you're saying it
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so don't be afraid of it coming out of left field they probably already know
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that they're doing it they just can't help themselves they're in
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a bad place they're insecure themselves they can't help themselves
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and you enable it in a way by not confronting it
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so they just think that they can continue to do it without repercussions yeah in
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that case if it's something like that you don't have to be worried about
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what it looks like to them or
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if it's coming out of nowhere like who cares they're treating
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you like shit like actually like shit you know it's not just like an annoyance like a minor annoyance
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that may be resolvable or not like it's very clear like that's not cool um
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and by the way you can leave a friendship whenever for whatever reason
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that is completely your prerogative but my advice would be
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if it's something or a collection of sort of more minor things
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could be an interesting opportunity to practice your communication skills teach your friend about themselves a little more,
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give them an opportunity to grow and potentially even develop a stronger friendship, maybe.
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Otherwise, you bring it up, who cares?
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And you have a heart to heart about it and go from there.
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If your friend is like, oh my God, I am such an asshole to you.
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I'm so sorry.
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I'm going to try to be better.
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Hey, that could be awesome.
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And then you could potentially, you know, you can do that what you want.
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But if they're not like that, then that's the end of that.
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I will say, I mean, there also is a way to sort of slowly fizzle a friendship.
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If a friendship is sucking the life out of you, and maybe in your opinion, in your mind, you're like, bringing this up isn't even going to be helpful.
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Like sometimes people suck the life out of us that aren't even bad people.
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You know, good people can suck the life out of us.
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Trust me, I've experienced that many times.
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Sometimes it's just a compatibility issue.
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If that's the case, it is really hard to bring it up.
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How do you bring that up?
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You can't just be like, hey, dude, kind of just the way you are sucks.
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Oh, yeah, just your overall aura.
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Not for me.
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That's tough.
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You know, you can't.
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I don't know.
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How do you even bring that up?
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So if that's the case, and that's why this friend sucks the life out of you, you could try a slow fizzle.
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You know, I don't love that.
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I don't love that because I think I do love communication.
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But I also know that sometimes it does make more sense to just kind of slowly drift apart, you know.
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answers to texts become more and more sporadic, you know, drop a few more excuses to not hang out.
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I don't love that type of strategy.
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I would prefer to just say everything to everyone's face.
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But sometimes that's the way that makes the most sense.
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If the reason why you want to distance yourself from someone is not because they've done anything wrong, but just because you don't really like their vibe.
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Oops.
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Oops.
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Anyway.
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Okay, next.
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Somebody said, what do I do if I want to move on from being friends with certain people, but I feel like they have a lot of vulnerable
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and personal information about me and I'm scared of how they will use that in the future.
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Oh my God, I could not resonate with something more.
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This is an anxiety that plagues me all of the time, all of the time.
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It's funny because I think my career is rooted in my openness to talk about almost anything
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and i am just such an open book by nature i
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was like born this way this is it's in my blood
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it's in my dna it's who i am as a person
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i just am okay with i i love i love being
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vulnerable i love being open i love having heart to hearts
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with people like this is what life is about for me
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this is like my purpose on this planet it feels like
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is to just have really vulnerable conversations for whatever reason i was born
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and i just i'm not afraid of it right i'll talk about anything, anything for the most part.
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And even if it's something embarrassing, even if it's something really vulnerable, even if it's something that most people wouldn't want to say about themselves, like, I don't care.
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I will pretty much say anything about myself for the sake of human connection.
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Now, in some ways, that's a beautiful thing, because we do connect with one another through vulnerability, right?
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Like, think about a time when you're at a party or something, And maybe the vibe in the room was a little tense.
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And then somebody made a vulnerable joke or told a vulnerable story.
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Next thing you know, the room is moving different.
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It feels different.
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People are connecting more.
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It's, you know, kind of a veil was lifted.
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Things are a bit more clear.
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There's a bit more connection happening.
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Like, that's how it is.
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You know, like think about the first vulnerable conversation you had with your best friend
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and how that was the moment that you both really, truly connected for the first time or a romantic partner.
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The list goes on.
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You know, like vulnerable conversations are how we connect with other people.
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You're not connecting with people over small talk.
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You're not.
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And so, you know, it's a crucial ingredient, in my opinion, in any sort of meaningful conversation or relationship.
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Right vulnerable conversation storytelling admitting to one's shortcomings the list goes
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on right that's how we connect with each other now that's
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a beautiful thing it works wonders however it's also really scary
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you know even though i'm someone who's unbelievably comfortable talking about almost literally anything
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and everything like there are also things where i'm like that was a private story.
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You know what I mean?
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I told that person because I wanted that person to know, but I don't necessarily want everyone to know that.
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Like even I have my limits as a complete open book.
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You know, there are just certain things where I'm like, no, I'm good.
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I want to be more sparing with that.
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And this is just the nature of friendship, right?
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You share vulnerable, sensitive information with one another to get closer.
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And that's what differentiates you with your friends and you with a stranger.
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You know what I mean?
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You tell your friends your deepest, darkest secrets, right?
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You're not telling a stranger your deepest, darkest secrets, unless you're drunk and there's a certain like vibe happening.
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Sometimes it feels good to tell a stranger your deepest, darkest secrets.
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And by the way, I don't always think that that's wrong.
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Sometimes that's actually a safer option because those people don't know the people in your circle.
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You know what I mean?
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It's actually kind of like a vault of sorts.
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But anyway, I understand this anxiety because not only am I a super open book, meaning that I will probably share more than the average person,
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putting me in a more vulnerable position than the average person.
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But on top of that, I'm also an incredibly anxious person.
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I'm an overthinker.
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I am a bit obsessive at times.
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And so I'm sort of set up for failure here because those two qualities definitely clash, right?
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Right.
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Because oversharing or not even oversharing, but being vulnerable makes you put you in a position where you're a little bit out of control
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and being anxious makes you crave control.
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The problem is that you feel out of control.
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So those traits of mine definitely clash.
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So I really relate to this feeling.
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But the first thing I want to say, which I already really said, is that unfortunately, this is sort of an inevitable part of friendship right?
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You are going to share vulnerable stories.
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You are going to talk about things that you don't talk about with other people.
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You are going to share sensitive information.
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That's a huge part of friendship.
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But also it's sometimes necessary for friendships to end.
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And now you're in a situation where someone that you no longer want to spend time with.
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has sensitive information about you, right?
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They know things about you that other people don't know.
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This person's about to become a stranger to you again, and they know things about you that are sensitive to you.
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The nice thing about strangers usually is that they don't know anything about you.
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You don't know anything about them.
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And that's exactly how it is.
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It's a little bit awkward.
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It's a little bit weird.
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It's a little bit uncomfortable.
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It's a little bit unnerving when there's a stranger that knows a lot about you.
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You know what I mean?
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That's uncomfortable and that is sort of the situation when you stop being friends with somebody.
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They're about to go back to being a stranger, but this time they know a lot about you.
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That is not great.
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That doesn't feel great because the trust is sort of gone.
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The allegiance is gone.
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The loyalty is gone.
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There might even be some hurt feelings.
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That's the scariest part.
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Is this person mad that we're not friends anymore?
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Are they going to go tell everybody about the time I shit myself at my birthday party
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and then broke up with my boyfriend and then broke my kneecap and then threw up.
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Are they going to tell everyone about that because they're mad?
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Maybe they might.
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In fact, they probably will.
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They also might not, but they definitely might.
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And that's the hardest part about all of this.
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They definitely might.
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And this is something I have had to come to terms with.
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Okay.
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And it's been really uncomfortable and challenging for me.
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I've had to accept that in attempt to become close to people in this life, I'm going to tell them stories that then are theirs.
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You know what I mean?
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Like I'm, I'm giving them a piece of myself in a way.
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And if the friendship doesn't work out, it is out of my control completely what they do with that.
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Now, I think the first step to handling this discomfort is to accept the worst case scenario.
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A lot of times with anxiety, this is the best approach.
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Accept the worst case scenario.
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Okay, what's the worst case scenario?
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This person that you're no longer friends with goes out and tells everyone one of your deepest, darkest secrets.
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Okay, what is the worst case scenario from that?
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Does that secret hurt somebody's feelings?
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Is it deeply embarrassing?
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You know, what is it?
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And then run through the entire scenario.
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Okay.
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If this person goes and they tell everyone this thing about me or this thing that I said, or this thing that I did.
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Okay.
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Well now that's, that might be information that's a little bit more public.
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Okay.
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If this calls me to action, I need to do something to solve this.
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Okay.
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What is my plan?
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You know, how do I, how do I solve this problem?
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Do I need to call someone up and apologize?
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Do I need to just accept the fact that people know something embarrassing about me? work through the worst case scenario, find a solution, create a solution,
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make a plan for the worst case scenario.
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And you'll realize, okay, this isn't great.
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This isn't ideal.
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This isn't fun.
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But I could handle this if the worst case scenario happens.
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If me and this person stop being friends, and all of my secrets get aired out to the world, which probably won't even happen, right?
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Like, yeah, maybe they'll tell a few people about a few things, maybe if it's even that interesting to them.
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Maybe, but it probably won't even extend out that far.
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Like, it'll probably never even get back to you.
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You'll probably never even know that.
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You'll never even hear about it.
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It'll probably never be an issue again.
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But for your own sanity and peace of mind, take it all the way to the furthest degree,
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the worst case scenario, and then come up with a plan in your head.
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But I will say, though, too, I'm making people sound bad, right?
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Like, well, they might go around and tell people, yeah, they might tell like one of their friends something that you said one time, maybe.
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But like, I feel like for the most part, people really are good and they don't want to like sabotage you.
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I mean, that does happen, sure.
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But it's not super common, you know?
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I think at worst, usually, at worst, usually, you might get gossiped about in a small circle, but it won't extend outside of that.
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And who cares about that?
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Because here's the deal.
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You can't stay in a friendship just because someone has sensitive information about you.
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And listen, I've been tempted.
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I've been tempted.
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I find that usually what ends up stressing me out is when I've had a heart -to -heart to somebody about, I don't know, someone else.
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Okay?
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Not about me.
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I'm having a heart -to -heart with somebody about someone else.
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I'm talking about someone else.
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Maybe not even necessarily badly, but more like vulnerably, analytically, whatever.
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I'm talking about someone else to someone that I'm friends with, right?
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Again, it's not even necessarily talking shit, but maybe just talking about someone else, okay?
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In a vulnerable way for like, not in, yeah, it's not even in a gossipy way.
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It's just in like, I'm sharing information about somebody else to my friend, right?
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That is what ends up making me anxious.
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I don't really care about stories that I tell about myself.
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that doesn't really bother me.
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It's more like, oh shit, I told this person about, I gave this person information about somebody else.
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Now I'm uncomfortable because they know this thing about somebody else and I don't want them to like hurt this person, if that makes sense.
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That's usually what ends up triggering my anxiety and making me afraid.
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And so you know what I've had to learn over the years?
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I really shouldn't do that.
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And I still am working on that.
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Like it's like we learn what our boundaries are, what we feel comfortable with, what's okay with us, you know,
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over the years and I'm still working on figuring out what I'm comfortable with sharing with friends
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deep down knowing that at some point we might not be friends anymore
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and information that we shared in private and in confidence
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and in a safe environment might not be safe forever you know ah
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but it's tough
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because yeah you don't know what they're gonna do with it
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you don't know they might keep it to themselves forever they
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might tell all their friends they might make a fucking TikTok about it.
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You don't know.
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But you cannot remain in a friendship just because you're afraid of the information that they have.
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You can't do that.
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You'll torture yourself for no reason, too, because majority of the time, the worst case scenario doesn't even come to pass.
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Now back to the episode.
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Okay, to summarize my advice, because that was kind of all over the place.
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Number one, I would say distance yourself from the friendship in the most
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kind way possible to leave the littlest amount of resentment possible, right?
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I think when there's bad blood, there's a higher likelihood of some sort of gossipy situation.
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But also too, that's going to just create more anxiety and discomfort in you.
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Okay.
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And number two, learn from this experience and moving forward, have clear boundaries with yourself about what you're comfortable telling friends, knowing deep down that this could happen again.
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And that's something that I think is an ongoing journey, at least for me.
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Like I, I am still learning what I'm okay with telling friends.
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And it's really hard not to just tell them everything.
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Because when friends with somebody, it's like, I love you.
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You're like my family.
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Like, let me just tell you everything.
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But this type of shit does happen.
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Even, but see, I think this is actually a worse situation when it's like not your closest, bestest friends in the world, but rather like a friend,
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but one that maybe you don't trust 100%.
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It's not like this person's family to you.
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I think that's the most complicated kind of person in this sort of situation.
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Like that's usually when it gets really stressful.
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Next, somebody said, I love my friends, but they always want to hang out.
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And I just love my alone time so much.
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How do I set those boundaries without them thinking I'm rude?
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I don't want them to stop inviting me places, but sometimes I just really need my alone time.
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Okay, this is not personal, right?
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This has nothing to do with your friends.
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You love your friends.
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You just also sometimes need your alone time.
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And perhaps your friends have more spare time than you, or they're just more extroverted than you.
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And so they have more energy to be hanging out more often.
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Don't even feel guilty about this for a second.
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You're doing nothing wrong.
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There's nothing wrong here.
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This is so easy.
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And I'm not saying that to like degrade your feelings or to devalue your feelings or to undermine your feelings.
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I'm saying this to like give you a sense of peace.
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My God, this is easy.
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Okay.
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It's all about the tone you use when you shoot down a plan.
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It's that simple.
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Okay.
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People get weird.
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People get butthurt when you're like, oh man I can't today sorry no punctuation no emoji no reassurance no nothing just
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straight to the point rejection that's when people start to get a vibe
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and they're like wait is this person mad at me does
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this person not like hanging out with me does this person not like us like what's the issue that's
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when things go wrong is when the tone is wrong
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but a little bit of extra effort when it comes to communication can go so far.
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So I'll give you an example.
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Let's say all of your friends are going to a carnival and the group chat gets stirring and somebody's like, hey, I'm going to the carnival tonight.
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Do you all want to come?
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Like, let's all go.
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Everyone says, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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And you're like, I can't do this tonight.
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Okay.
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You could be like, oh, I'm going to skip out, send that into the group chat.
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Or you could say, OMG, I'm so bummed.
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I'm so tired, but I miss you all so much, and I love you all so much, and send me photos so I can live vicariously through you all.
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You see the difference?
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One is impossible to read.
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Oh, I'm going to skip out.
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I'm not going tonight.
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Oh, I'm too tired.
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That versus, OMG, I'm way too tired, but I love you all so much.
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Send me photos so I can live vicariously through you.
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Okay, that is the most reassuring text I've ever heard in my life.
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I might as well have just wrote a poem.
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It's so reassuring.
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You know what I mean?
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It's borderline beautiful because it's so reassuring.
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It's all a tone thing.
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You know what i mean there's like
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and you know what i'm a people pleaser by nature so i understand this this
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desire to say yes to everything this fear of like oh
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if i say no if i don't show up people are going to think i'm upset
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or they're gonna you know whatever and what i found over the years is
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if i decline an invitation with love and generosity okay if i'm unbelievably warm in the way that I respond, right?
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I've never once gotten any pushback.
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No one's ever been like, dude, what?
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Like, are you like trying to like avoid us or something?
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Like it just doesn't happen because just a few little tweaks
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that provide some reassurance to your friends can work wonders
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and make it so that you can decline invitations all you want and no one ever takes it personal.
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Okay, next.
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Somebody said, my ex best friend works in the same small industry as me and it's very awkward and uncomfortable.
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How do I share space with her more comfortably?
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Okay.
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I think you have two options here.
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Option one, you could just address it directly.
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Okay.
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This is such Emma advice.
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This is just what Emma says about everything in regards to relationships.
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Have a conversation about it.
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Have a conversation about it.
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Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Emma is just a broken record.
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Here I go again, saying the same thing again.
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have a conversation about it.
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Sit your friend down.
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Invite your friend to lunch.
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Invite your friend to coffee.
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Sit your friend down and be like, listen, we both know what's going on here.
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What's going on here?
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We were friends.
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Now we're not.
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Now we have to be in the same room all the time.
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It's a little weird.
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It's a little uncomfortable, which is not a fun feeling to experience.
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Discomfort is not fun.
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How do we find a way to coexist here
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that is comfortable? let's workshop it together let's you know get down to the nitty -gritty here
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and figure out what the solution is together as a unit okay that's one that's one option have
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that conversation with your friend right
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and only you two can come up with the perfect solution right
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because i don't know how often you see each other i
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don't know why you stop being friends you know i don't know
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if there's any sort of way of being acquaintances right like chill acquaintances where like, maybe you could even have lunch together sometimes at work.
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Like, I don't know if that's even an option.
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It just all depends.
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Right.
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But I think having a heart to heart about it and coming up with a solution together can be an incredible option.
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That's honestly such a relief to both of you, you know?
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Yeah.
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It might be a little bit nerve wracking, a little bit uncomfortable for like the first two minutes, but once you get into the conversation, I think you both will be so relieved that you're just talking about it instead of it being this unspoken thing.
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I hate unspoken things I hate it get it all out
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on the table my god what a relief what a fucking relief what a relief
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and that goes for like
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so many different types of social situations in life whether it's platonic romantic having secrets
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and stuff it's painful it's uncomfortable
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so much easier just to like say how you're feeling obviously you gotta have you gotta have tact in social cues, sure, but I don't know.
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I think we keep a lot of things a secret.
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We don't address a lot of things that are sort of uncomfortable
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or a bit weird when we could and it would be much more comfortable for everyone involved.
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Like I think a lot of times we as humans miss opportunities to make situations that are uncomfortable way less uncomfortable.
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Option two, if you don't really feel like a conversation is necessary
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or you don't think it would be helpful or it's the idea of it makes you way too uncomfortable.
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You can't even fathom it.
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Perhaps just change your perspective.
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Okay.
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Perhaps it's weirder or more tense than it needs to be because you're putting a lot of energy into thinking about it, thus giving it this weight in your mind.
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Perhaps you're building it up into this thing that it doesn't need to be.
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You're like, oh, this is so weird.
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Like we were friends.
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Now we're not.
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Now we're working together and we're around each other and we were close and now or not, it's weird.
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Maybe it's not that weird.
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That shit happens all the time, you know?
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Maybe if you just sort of changed your perspective on it, if you used a bit of mindfulness to work on not overthinking it,
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and you just treat your ex -best friend with brief politeness and professionalism when you see her, it might slowly just become your new normal.
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Yeah, it is weird to be besties with somebody and then to become kind of strangers again.
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Yeah, that is weird, but it is also
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not that big of a deal and it's also not that unusual right so That would be my other suggestion.
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If you really don't want to have a conversation about it, you could just change your perspective and be like, wait, in the grand scheme of life and things, this is not that crazy.
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This is not that weird.
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This is not really anything to overthink.
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Like, yeah, it's a little bit uncomfortable that we're in the same environment.
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But at the same time, stranger things definitely have happened.
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You know what I mean?
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It's not that weird.
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And if you both just decide to not make it weird, it won't be weird.
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And you could lead by example in that and you could do
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that first you know
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but i i would say i would suggest to just have
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a conversation i think that's a much better option more enjoyable easier less guesswork less overthinking
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because weirdly you know trying to change your perspective on the
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whole thing could actually also in a way make you think about it even more temporarily right
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but that's my suggestion
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and i wish you luck okay that's it that's it for today hey thank you all for listening and hanging out.
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As always, it's a pleasure.
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New episodes of advice session every once in a while, usually around once a month these days.
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Here on Anything Goes.
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Anything Goes is anywhere you stream podcasts.
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I'm on the internet at Emma Chamberlain and my coffee company is in the world and on the internet at Chamberlain Coffee.
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I love you all.
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I appreciate you all.
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Thank you for spending your valuable, valuable time with me.
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It is an honor and a privilege and I do not take
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that for granted And I hope that you know that I'll talk to you next week.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 557 frases y 6095 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 31:42. El hablante habla rápido, unas 192 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ (sustantivo) — amistad, amistanza (disused). The condition of being friends.
- uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (adjetivo) — incómodo. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- vulnerable /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/ (adjetivo) — vulnerable. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- suck /sʌk/ (verbo) — chupar, sorber. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
- scenario /sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/ (sustantivo) — escenario, supuesto. An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
- boundary /ˈbaʊndɹi/ (sustantivo) — linde, lindero. The dividing line or location between two areas.
- necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ (adverbio) — necesariamente. Inevitably; of necessity.
- sensitive /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/ (adjetivo) — sensible. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
- anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ (sustantivo) — zozobra, ansiedad. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (verbo) — conectar, empalmar. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ (adverbio) — en ninguna parte, en ningún lugar. In no place.
- vibe /vaɪb/ (sustantivo) — onda, vibra. An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
- tone /ˈtəʊn/ (sustantivo) — tono. A specific pitch.
- topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (sustantivo) — tema, tópico. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
- helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (adjetivo) — servicial, adyuvante. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
- come up with (verbo) — ingeniar, ingeniarse. To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
- end up (verbo) — terminar, ir a parar. To bring to a conclusion.
- think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar en, ocurrírsele. To ponder.
- bring up (verbo) — levantar, alzar. To mention.
- figure out (verbo) — averiguar, captar. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
- get back to (verbo) — responder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar. Return to (an activity)
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 217 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, theirs /ðɛɚz/, authenticity /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, clash /ˈklæʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como friendship, uncomfortable, vulnerable.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | if it's something that most people wouldn't want · if you don't have yours yet, you'll find |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | we've touched · has just never recovered · have been |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is presented · could be worked · is rooted |
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.