That makes a lot of sense, thank you.

Interesting. I did CBT for a couple of years and it was mostly about reframing extreme thoughts— eg you catch yourself thinking “I’m unlovable” and remind yourself it’s more like “my last two relationships ended poorly”.

It wasn’t exactly what I needed but I didn’t see much potential for harm. Is there more to CBT than what I did, or are there situations where that type of thinking can make things worse?

Maybe that CBT is also harmful to neurodivergent people.

Thanks! It did kind of give me an idea, even if I don’t have a friend to hook them up with right now, maybe I can bring them to social functions and encourage them to mingle.

Oh man, that’s a horrible position to be in. I appreciate the advice, and I hope you’re out of there and have healthier friendships.

Nah, just family history of codependence. I’ll see if I can find a good opportunity to talk about therapy, though.

This sounds like a good way to approach it, thank you.

Congratulations for your friends, that’s great!

Unfortunately I only have one friend who still lives around here, and she’s less available than me. My relative fancies us to be a friend group in that she’s constantly asking us both to drop everything and spend time with her, but she never hangs out with my friend one on one. It’s odd.