Thank you for sharing your valuable thoughts and insight Anita!

Hi Brian

I had hoped to continue the discussion. You have indicated that you don’t wish to interact with people who don’t share your perspective.

I apologise for reaching out again, but I have one more thought on positivity and specifically your desire to make some new friends in the future.

In my experience, someone who has many negative experiences and very few positive experiences may struggle with mental health issues.

People with many positive experiences and few negative experiences are often less troubled.

For myself, having positive experiences was needed in order to change my beliefs.

To encounter positive experiences we need to interact with others. This means being willing to make ourselves vulnerable and being somewhat tolerant of the oddities of others.

Your current strategy of pushing people away is going to hinder fostering positive experiences .

Being uncomfortable around others is a feeling that you may need to tolerate in order to better your situation. Our own unique psychological make up can make us feel hurt when it was not intended.