by emotionaltyphoon » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:54 am
Yet more proof that the ladies go for the jerk, right? Sorry that happened to you.
When someone seems to like me (and I'm talking about friendships; I have no experience whatsover in relationships...sigh...), I feel like I have this pressure to maintain them liking me. I start to focus on actually pleasing them further, plan what I'm going to say, feel unbearably awful if I perceive something wasn't said properly. At the first sign that I think, rationally or otherwise, that I just lost some points with someone, I feel like it's over. They don't like me anymore. I said something wrong, and ofcourse have a list easily ready of all the possible things that I could and shouldn't have done. By now, I'm generally surprised if someone likes me. I just assume when I meet someone, that they don't. It's easy on the mind to think you've been rejected already, rather than having that apprehension that disturbs my already deranged social flow. I know, I know... I shouldn't do that. But I need my shield.