How do friends shape your identity?

1. Friends affect the ways that you think and feel about yourself. How your friends think about and respond to you will, over time, have a strong influence on your perceptions of yourself. However, friends who treat you less favorably will likely have a negative affect on who you become.

Why do friends change?

On the most basic level, friendships can change when two people grow apart from each other. This can happen when friends meet and get close during certain periods of their lives because they are sharing common experiences together. As we grow and mature, friends that once “fit” no longer do and we move on.

What can I do if I Can’t Catch my Thoughts?

Try mindfulness. If you find it impossible to catch your thoughts in the first place,mindfulnesscan be a game changer. A daily practise that sees you bringing your attention to your thoughts and feelings right here and now, it also lowers your stress levels. You can learn all you need to know in our comprehensive Guide to Mindfulness.

How can I change my distorted way of thinking?

Here are a few ways you can begin to work at changing this distorted way of thinking that sees you unable to feel good about yourself and life. 1.Learn how to differentiate a thought and reality. Try writing down your thoughts for a few weeks. It can help to set a timer to go off each hour so you can catch yourself thinking.

Why do I feel like the world is dangerous?

If something happened that made you feel the world is dangerous, then your brain can be programmed to keep looking for danger. It is connected to anxietyand anxiety disorders. Of course then it becomes a question of which came first.

Do You Believe everyone is better than someone else?

One last topic, I, one hundred percent, believe that everyone is better than someone else; however, that means that someone is always better than you. We do not live in a world of equals and we shouldn’t. With equality comes the lack of competition, determination, striving to be greater, achievement.