If you had a friend that treated you the same way you treated yourself

sparsilestar

Active member
Considering my history with destructive friends who say horrible things, I probably would.

Not that that's a good thing.
I wish I could say I'd punch them in the face.
 

chocchipz

Active member
Hell no. They'd constantly be putting me down, filling my head with insecurities and all out trying to ruin my life.
 
Forever Alone

No way. I don't think I could have a friend who would have the same thoughts on me as I do about myself. They simply would never be my friend. Though if you mean who just treated me the same, no way. That would be an absolute nightmare.
 

Shyangel

Well-known member
No. I wouldn't want to be friends with me. I'm very critical in general, not just of myself, I'm not proud to say. I pretty much just have mean negative things to say. I don't want to be friends with someone like that. I couldn't deal with my mood swings and thinking I can say what I want. I don't think anyone should.
 

DeadmanWalking

Well-known member
Ahahahaha, no. Never. I insult myself and condemn myself to isolation and sometimes death far too much to allow or put up with someone else doing it to me as well. But, I see where you're going with this:).
 
Hell no.
But if another person hated me as much as I hate myself, they would not want to be my friend in the first place.
 

MikeyC

Well-known member
Absolutely not. Why woule THEY want to be friends with ME if they're going to treat me that poorly? Surely they wouldn't be my friend to begin with.
 

MsBuzzkillington

Well-known member
This is a very interesting question. At first I misread it and thought you were asking would I be friends with me.

But I would definitely not be friends with someone who treated me the way I treat myself. So, it makes me think that if I wouldn't accept this kind of behavior from a friend, I wouldn't allow someone else to treat me this way... why do I do it to myself?
 

recluse

Well-known member
This is a very interesting question. At first I misread it and thought you were asking would I be friends with me.

But I would definitely not be friends with someone who treated me the way I treat myself. So, it makes me think that if I wouldn't accept this kind of behavior from a friend, I wouldn't allow someone else to treat me this way... why do I do it to myself?

I think because self hatred/self mocking is more acceptable, kind of like a person calling himself ugly or fat. If another person would call the person ugly or whatever it would be a terrible insult.

To answer the original question i would not want that person as a friend for sure.
 

Agent_Violet

Well-known member
probably. i don't treat myself too terribly these days. I've had other people treat me WAY worse than I treat myself recently.
 

WeirdyMcGee

Well-known member
haha

Well, I'm pretty horrible to myself and hate myself in nearly every way possible, so that would be a no.
 

doubtmyself

Banned
It's an imaginative question I think and well worth contemplating.

I'm a little suspicious. So issues with self-trust?:)
Good to have the empathy from someone I can truly connect with.
I treat others well often putting them on pedestals. So putting myself on a pedestal would be interesting.:cool:
I don't make an effort to stay in contact so that would be a negative.

You know I can be hard on myself but really I am my own best friend and spend a LOT of time by myself. I get used to my self put-downs so really I've learned not to listen seriously to those un-useful thoughts. So yeah I can't wait to meet me!!:)
 
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