I think my friend is addicted to her illnesses.?!
Question: I think my friend is addicted to her illnesses!.!?
Is it possible to have genuine health problems but to actually bask in them!? It's almost as if my friend enjoys being sick!. She seems to brag about the foods she cannot eat, the milligrams of a certain med she's taking!.!.!.!. And she uses her illnesses to blame her weight gain or to make excuses for all kinds of things!. I tire of being with her, because although we have fun, she goes into elaborate detail about her latest allergic reaction or migraine!. I myself am a lifelong severe asthmatic, and when I'm acting up, she is either worse than I am or does not sympathize with my limits that day!. I know she does this for attention, but I don't know how to approach her about this!. She is in denial, for sure, and is very good at completely tuning me out when I offer suggestions-- even to the point of physically walking away and talking to our children or needing go fetch something!. It's driving me nuts!. Any help!? Thanks!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Start setting boundaries for yourself!. Toxic relationships will cause one to become completely drained!. I have a friend I love dearly but I've had to draw back!.from her for the same reason!. I only allow myself a certain amount of time with her for my own good!. It's not that I don't love her because I do!. So, since she wouldn't change the way she was, I changed MY BOUNDARIES!. I'm much better and happier for it!. I had no idea how TRULY draining it was until a couple weeks after I'd reset the boundaries and I wasn't as tired!.
You have a choice to make!. Keep things the way they are and let her keep doing what she is doing!. Or you can set the boundary limits to an amount you feel is healthy for yourself and your children!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You have a choice to make!. Keep things the way they are and let her keep doing what she is doing!. Or you can set the boundary limits to an amount you feel is healthy for yourself and your children!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
argh i hate people like that >__>
well!. hm!. i don't know what to do about that sorry!.
but i think your doing a good job of not being rude to her lol
i would of told her to shuttup by now !
maybe tell her to shuttup because sometimes thats the only way people get the hint to stop carrying on about something!.!.
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well!. hm!. i don't know what to do about that sorry!.
but i think your doing a good job of not being rude to her lol
i would of told her to shuttup by now !
maybe tell her to shuttup because sometimes thats the only way people get the hint to stop carrying on about something!.!.
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She just wants to get attention!. Like how people brag about their children, cars or grades!. Her illness may be her only thing that she has that makes her different!. So she uses that to get attention and people to sympathize!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
H!.Y!.P!.O!.C!.H!.O!.N!.D!.R!.I!.A!.C!. TELL HER THAT SHE IS ONE!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Actually theres a disorder thats very similar to what your describing so she may not be aware of what shes doing!. And on the other hand she could just be doing it for attention!. I have a lot of friends who like to compare their problems and its annoying as hell but I just block them out, Ive grown so used to it!. For example, just the other day I was crying due to a few of my senior friends leaving school and one of my other friends came up to me and asked what was wrong, I told her Oh nothing I'm just having a tough day and her response was Oh yeah well I'm having a tough week and then went on describing about how horrible her life was!. I know its really difficult to deal with but you just have to be the bigger person and stay strong!. I wish you luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com