Emotionally Draining Friendships

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Emotionally Draining Friendships

Signs of Emotionally Draining Friendships

It's possible that everyone around you is a drama queen, a chronic complainer, or an emotional wreck. When you spend time with them or talk on the phone, they have a way of draining your energy and leaving you feeling emotionally spent.

Some people have little trouble identifying these individuals in their lives. However, if you're unsure whether a buddy of yours is mentally taxing, have a look at this list of indicators. In addition to observing your friend's actions, you should search for hints in your own answers.

What You Might Experience

Observing your reactions to your friend during conversations or social interactions is crucial in determining whether or not they are an emotionally draining friend. It's possible that the friendship is negatively impacting your emotional well-being. These are some clear indicators that your friend can be mentally exhausting you.

• Your relationship or friendship is emotionally or physically exhausting, and you experience anxiety, fatigue, or frustration when you talk or hang out with your friend.

• You regularly make sacrifices to make sure your friend's needs are met.

• You worry about their issues more than you do about your own well-being.

• Your positive feelings for them are starting to disappear.

• You can't be yourself around them, or you censor your thoughts and feelings.

• You don't get a chance to ask for their advice or support.

• You no longer enjoy spending time with them or dread talking with them.

Emotionally Draining Behaviors

Perhaps there are just more problems with your friend than there seem to be. Alternatively, it's possible that your friend is experiencing a really difficult time and isn't handling it well. For the reason, you might want to take a moment to reflect on whether or not this is a healthy friendship if you see any of these indicators in your friend.

• Your friend vents to you nonstop or seems to always be in crisis.

• Your friend never asks how you're doing, takes an interest in your life, or listens when you need to vent.

• Your friend has an endless list of needs and expectations.

• Your friend's problems are always bigger, worse, or more extreme than yours.

• Your friend uses guilt and manipulation when you're not there for them.

• Your friend is rarely happy for you and often struggles with envy and jealousy.

• Your friend wants all the attention and monopolizes the conversation.

• Your friend doesn't know how to move on or let things go.

• Your friend has low self-esteem, needs constant reassurance, and lacks self-awareness.

• Your friend never thanks you for being there for them.

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Teens Invent Device that Removes Microplastics with Ultrasound Waves, Winning $50k

A pair of high schoolers invented a unique water filtration device that uses a wall of sound to hold back microplastic particles from running water.

In lab tests, the acoustic force from the high-frequency sound waves removed between 84% and 94% of the suspended microplastic particles in a single pass, and they are using the reward money from a prestigious prize to attempt to scale up their invention.

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL
Ayurveda Recipes: Coconut Butter

Coconut Butter is a delightfully creamy whole food, made of pure, dried coconut flesh. This tasty tropical treat literally melts in your mouth. Warm it up to use as a spread. Or, add to smoothies, sauces & dressings, desserts, toppings & icings. It even works great in home-made ice cream. Its many names testify to the rich creaminess of coconut butter; it's also known as coconut cream, coconut oil butter and coconut body butter.

Ingredients

4 c COCONUT FLAKES

Instructions

Coconut butter contains only one ingredient: coconut flakes. And it takes only one step to make it: a blender. The yield for 4 cups of coconut flakes is about a cup and half of coconut butter.

Start with raw, dried, unsweetened coconut flakes. Puree 4 cups of coconut flakes in a blender on high for 8 minutes, pushing down the sides as you go. The coconut flakes will undergo 3 stages in the transformation to coconut butter. First, the flakes will be finely ground. Second, the texture will become a grainy liquid. Finally, it will become a smooth, thick liquid. The final texture will ultimately be thick, slightly grainy peanut butter.

Pour the coconut butter into a jar and serve!

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