Good friends enrich your life
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Louisa Stratton recounts how both toxic and trustworthy friendships helped her grow
To me, a good friendship is when you both feel relaxed and can have a laugh as well as sharing the more difficult stuff.
It’s important to take an interest in each other’s points of view, encourage each other, and take the initiative to make sure your mates are okay when something painful or stressful is going on in their lives.
It’s key to be aware when other people aren’t treating you well and to develop a sense of what is and isn’t acceptable. But it’s also important to take responsibility for your mistakes and try to fix them.
An unhealthy friendship is a burden. It takes more from you than you get, makes you feel bad about yourself. People that make you unhappy, unwanted and unvalued are not true friends.
I had a friend for a very long time, and our entire friendship was draining and complicated. She was someone that I could relate to but, as time passed, her lack of empathy became more obvious....
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