Back to Basics: Friendships
Dear Rina, A lot has been going on in my life that I'll be elaborating on in letters to come, but I wanted to get your opinion on my views on friendship; something I've been reevaluating my beliefs and practices of. Recently, I broke up with my boyfriend of a little over two years and had a falling out with two of my closest friends. As I have been suffering from this loneliness and heartbreak, I can't help but wonder how it ended like this and why, through all of this, I can't help but feel this immense frustration with myself and these people I thought were so close to me. I went through the infamous stages of grief, but I noticed I kept coming back to the same feelings and thoughts over and over again. My process of reflection over these past few months can be summed up in the following questions: "why do I feel angry at myself and them," "why do I feel extremely frustrated," and "how can I be better moving forward." In my newfound b...