Why do I feel like I have to cut myself down for those around me? I feel like they try to make me a lesser person. How do you find the right people?

[Anonymous]

[ohsheeT]

It all depends on how you're doing it we are all teachers we are all guides maybe you're trying to save that you're human and that you can laugh at yourself that's a beautiful quality but it just depends on what you're saying about yourself do you love yourself do you like yourself if you do and you understand that and you can acknowledge that it's just a beautiful thing but at the same time you might be trying to make somebody else feel better about themselves and there's nothing wrong with that either but pick your words carefully let there be meaning behind it I would say you are a teacher and you are a guy and you also have a beautiful heart

[provokeesmokee]

Be unapologetically you, go and do things you like in groups, and you'll find as long as you stay true to yourself, you'll find like-minded folks who like you as you are.

It will take months to years, and effort, but it's worthwhile.

[Asker]

Thank you ♥️
I feel like my family especially - wants me to move back to my hometown, talks trash about the city I live in, rushing me to find a partner and trying to hook me up with some of their friends I’m not attracted to, etc. I feel like if I want to show off they get annoyed too.

[provokeesmokee]

Sounds like your family doesn't care about you or your happiness as much as they care about themselves.

It's ok to ignore them. If family doesn't respect you, you don't need to respect them.

You have every right to live where you want, love who you want, and direct your own life.