"I started going to therapy because I feel like my life has become a vicious cycle of negativity. My new therapist challenged me to create some distance between the life that I want and the life that I've had. That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort to meet new ones, letting go of some old hobbies to explore new ones, detaching from my hometown and maybe even getting a new job."
"It sounds like your therapist gave you a list of things that you can work on that will help change your demeanor and your opportunity to show up differently in your life. I doubt that they told you to do it all at once. Don't get overwhelmed. Choose something on the list and do that one thing. You can work on yourself one task at a time to see how you can expand your horizons and build more hope."
"Despite them knowing this, they did not extend an invitation to me. I didn't think much of it because I assumed it may have been a closed guest list. The day before the event, a colleague of theirs casually extended an invitation to me. I went, and did my best not to assume the worst, but when I arrived, I saw all of our other close mutual friends and couldn't help but feel offended."
A therapist suggested creating distance between a desired life and a familiar life by reducing time with old friends, meeting new people, dropping old hobbies, detaching from a hometown, or pursuing a new job. The recommended approach is not to implement every change simultaneously but to pick one item and work on it to avoid overwhelm. Working on one task at a time can expand horizons and build hope. In a separate situation, a person wanted networking opportunities, was not initially invited by close friends, received a last-minute invite from a colleague, attended, and felt offended upon seeing mutual friends there.
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