Imposter Syndrome???

Guest927
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Every time my closest friend tells me nice things to try and help me feel better, I feel like she's wrong and I'm the cause of it. I feel like i have and am still deceiving her into thinking I'm a good person/friend. I do all i can to convince her i'm a bad person, because otherwise, I feel like I'm cheating and lying and denying her the truth. It's like I want her to hate me, even though that would be terrible.

She was telling me how i don't just talk about myself, and instead talk about other good things with her. I wrote this to her (she lives overseas)
"Don't lie to yourself like I ever actually engage in conversation about something that isn't just my issues and problems. Cause I could lie to myself, but I don't want to. Maybe it would make me feel better, but it's not true."

I feel like a imposter, but when I look up imposter symptom, usually people feel this way but are scared about people finding out. For me, I feel like an imposter, and want the people i'm close to believe it too. But at the same time, I'm scared that when she does believe me, she'll just leave. I feel the consequences of both choices the same, it just hurts no matter what I do.

I think this is in the right spot...it is an anxious thing right. Sorry if it isn't.
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Guest927
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Is it radical acceptance if i accept that nothing i do will change the way I feel about my friend. No matter what she says, what gifts I send or explanations or paragraphs, I will always feel guilty. I think stuff will make me feel better, but it doesn't. None of it does. Maybe it's my nihilism kicking back in. It's all just meaningless and nothing I do will change anything. Just like on the other thread, with my psychologist, nothing I do matters. Nothing I say matters. so i'll just do nothing and say nothing...still being aware of everything, cause i can't disassociate and thats unhelpful anyway. I don't know what i'm saying. I don't know why i'm here writing this, it's not like it makes me feel better.

Phoenix
I am sorry you feel like nothing matters , and I can see the frustration and disappointment in your words.
You matter and your words matter and people read your words and can relate.

Hi phoenix6,

It sounds like you are in a bit of a tough spot atm. It’s can be a bit of a daunting feeling going through days whilst being convinced that nothing matters. I am sorry to hear that cause it sounds like this bothers you, and no wonder. Being still sensitive to everything that’s happening to you, your surroundings etc but still feeling like none of it matters. This doesn’t sound easy so it’s great you voiced it out here.
If you were to stop and think about the last time you remember that something/somebody meant something to you, what/who would it be?

this friend that i spoke aboout in the original post. my only proper friend. she truly means something to me, and im so scared of losing her because of how i am. she lives overseas, ive never seen her face. i love her but she doesn't feel the same way. we're both ace, but i think she's also a little aro. i feel so bad that its not my parents, or my friends in this country, or my pets or anything. she used to be the only positive thing in my life, but it's slowly just being corrupted by my stupid feelings.

mmMekitty
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Hello Phoenix6

How you describe your friendship, your feelings both about her & yourself, how you seem to want a very close friend, yet seem to want to push her away, to 'make her hate you' but how tha would be terrible, because you fear her not wanting to be friends anymore, sounds very confusing, & confused to me. & as I read, I wonder if you don't think you deserve to have a good friend? Or even a good feeling for yourself?

I wonder if you are also relying on the Internet for information, which cannot substitute for face -to-face therapeutic counselling from a qualified therapist, such as the psychologist you mentioned. If you don't think you can work with one psychologist, you can find a different psychologist. Or it's a matter of taking some time to develop a working relationship with them. However it is, therapy does need you to be open-minded & for your therapist to help you see options.

I don't know if this is in any way helpful, but I certainly hope so.

mmMekitty

well yeah this is what i hoped my psychologist would help me with. but its christmas break so, no psychologist. it's not like talking to her ever helped, and every time i talk to her i get worse for the next timee. and you were also on the other thread so you know about my psychologist. when she offered to change last time, only one guy took it. also, it's not like it's her fault. im the one being bad and that's why i tried to tell her therapy isn't working for me right now, but she had no other options to tell me. lifeline has a script, and kids help line, and it's very very hard to get a straight fruiting answer.

and yeah. if you're confused, imagine that with just about everything in my life. everything is both sides at once, and no in between and feeling all the emotions at once. there's what i really feel (hate, loathing, wanting to die) and what everyone tells me (its fine, you're not a bad person, all that) that ive internalised too creating a huge battle this is something i brought up to my psychologist...but you know how that went. even thinking about the choice to leave her makes me feel guilty, as well as scared.

im sorry. i don't know why im writing so much. im sorry if it's rude.

Dear phoenix6, 

We are so sorry to hear that you are going through such a difficult time at the moment. It must feel so awful to hate yourself so much, to want to die, and to also feel so conflicted about everything. 

We're really glad that you decided to share how you feel with us on these forums. We hope that posting here brings you some solace. 

Please know that you are always welcome to contact our support service counsellors via phone 24/7 on 1300 22 4636 or via webchat from 3pm-12am AEST on our website: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport 

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Dear phoenix6, 

We are so sorry to hear that you are going through such a difficult time at the moment. It must feel so awful to hate yourself so much, to want to die, and to also feel so conflicted about everything. 

We're really glad that you decided to share how you feel with us on these forums. We hope that posting here brings you some solace. 

Please know that you are always welcome to contact our support service counsellors via phone 24/7 on 1300 22 4636 or via webchat from 3pm-12am AEST on our website: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport 

You don't have to go through this alone and we encourage you to continue to post here and seek support as you see fit. 

Dear phoenix6, 

We are so sorry to hear that you are going through such a difficult time at the moment. It must feel so awful to hate yourself so much, to want to die, and to also feel so conflicted about everything. 

We're really glad that you decided to share how you feel with us on these forums. We hope that posting here brings you some solace. 

Please know that you are always welcome to contact our support service counsellors via phone 24/7 on 1300 22 4636 or via webchat from 3pm-12am AEST on our website: www.beyondblue.org.au/getsupport 

You don't have to go through this alone and we encourage you to continue to post here and seek support as you see fit.