I am in a state of confusion. I don’t know what I need. I am not happy with my present life…. I hope you can help me… I want to know about myself… I want to live for myself…. I have many friends, but none whom I can really depend upon. I can’t find the true friend in them… I become friends with people not that easily…. not everyone whom I meet I consider as friend… I need time to know the person and then only I decide to go forward or not. Right now I have few friends which I filtered out from the many…. but am I expecting too much from them? What are my expectations??? I am not able to understand that itself…. I try to be good to everyone… but I feel that no one likes me…. Can you help me?

Rohit: You sound quite confused about the way you want and expect relationships to function for you. Unfortunately, you don’t provide enough information for me to have a sense of what the problem might be. If you haven’t tried therapy, I’d suggest it might help you find the answers you seek.

Alex

I stumbled upon your blog yesterday after a serious breakdown, unable to cope with the world’s negativity and my own sensitivity to the problems in it. I’ve always been curious about Buddhism, and I like how your posts are from the perspective of a practicing Buddhist with similar values. The People Pleaser behaviour is something I definitely identify with and have come to realize, but it was nice to read about someone else feeling the same, a sentiment I share with many of your posts since these things are not commonly discussed. I have been fighting depression on and off for about a year now, and your blog seems to be the perspective I need to push forward. Thank you.

Cat: So glad you found some of my posts encouraging.

Alex