How effective the wishes and thoughts of others on your life?

[Alyssa11]

I used to allow the opinions of the people around me to dictate the direction my life was going in. Literally. Like if my friend wanted to lose weight and told me I needed to, I would believe her. If my friend was attracting toxic relationships I somehow would too. It sounds really dumb but I was unconsciously just following the footsteps of the people around me and it was very self-destructive. I had to learn to stand up on my own feet, to embrace my time alone and understand who I am as an individual.