Tag: balance
Sharing a friend’s happiness when you’re unhappy
It can be difficult to share a friend’s happiness when you are having a hard time—but things often balance out over time.
From the Friendship Forums: Balancing Friend-Time with Me-Time
A reader offers pointers that worked for her—for people who tend toward introversion and know they require me-time before and after being with others.
A friendship that is too close for comfort?
QUESTION Hi Dr. Levine, I am about to graduate from high school. I’ve been friends with this guy for about three years. When we first met, something hit me that I really wanted to be good friends. We quickly became very close friends—saw each other nearly every day at school and outside of school, hung […]
Could YOU be a toxic friend? 5 Sure Signs
After a tiff with your BFF, it’s natural to get upset and ask yourself (or a third person), "What’s wrong with her?" That’s because it’s much easier for all of us to recognize blemishes or faults in our friends than it is to look in the mirror. But if you’re finding that you’re having frequent […]
Reader Q & A: Why did she dump me?
QUESTION: Hi Irene, I telephoned a girlfriend today for a chat and to see how see was doing and she hit me with a bombshell. She politely told me that she saw no point in continuing our friendship. She said she was making positive changes in her life and I wasn’t included. We have had […]
Good Boundaries Make Good Friendships
Good boundaries make good friendships just like fences make good neighbors. If you don’t set boundaries, you’ll start to feel resentful.
Just Friends?
In a recent post on her Psychology Today blog, research psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo, author of Singled Out, raises the issue of what it means to be “just friends.” Unlike marriage (and same-sex unions in some States), friends have no legal ties to one another. Unlike siblings, they have no blood ties. Yet one of […]
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