Don't be shy, step right up!
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So freaking competitive. If this doesn’t get upvoted more than everyone else’s I’m gonna be mad!!!
But seriously. I’ve learned to make it an asset, not a handicap. I’ve pushed a lot of folks away over the years from this. But I’m better at controlling it now. Sort of. Mostly. Sometimes?
Every time someone tells me something, I tell a similar story that happened to me. I want to show that I‘ve been in such a situation and therefore know how it is / how it feels (I want to show empathy). But it comes as if I only want to talk about myself. And I just can't turn it off!!
I’ll do anything to get my close buddies out of trouble.
I over-extend myself in helping others, especially my family. I've had my childhood best friend and boyfriend point this out to me recently. I will stress over not being helpful to the point that my anxiety makes me feel sick and immediately do it again the next time.
I'm working on being more selfish and it helps now that I've found a writing group at the local library so most of my Saturdays have a commitment I enjoy now.
A part of me really enjoys online stalking. I like finding things out about people and it's surprising how much they give away without realising.
I can’t get out of my head. For real, I will it stop thinking about fictional things. If I can’t think about things that don’t exist, I get very adgitated and will absolutely snap at you for no reason and I’m sorry.
I lie. I text my friends pictures and then just be like "oops meant to send that to someone else. Sorry" out of nowhere. It's mostly just like pics of my cat tho.
