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5 Lies about adult friendship | Mel Robbins #Shorts

17 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by India Cutler. This content was uploaded by India Cutler. This is a YouTube Short titled "5 Lies about adult friendship | Mel Robbins #Shorts" (posted 2023-01-17) featuring Mel Robbins delivering a solo, motivational monologue about common mistaken beliefs that make adult friendships difficult. The excerpt addresses lie #1 — the idea that "everybody's life is a huge party" — and discusses how social-media-driven comparison leads to feelings of exclusion and discourages people from pursuing meaningful friendships.

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These 5 lies that you tell yourself about adult friendship are the reason why adult friendship is so hard. Lie number 1: Everybody's life is a huge party. Unless you live in a sorority or a fraternity, your life is not a huge party. I would get home at the end of the week from work and I would look on social media and I would see people out and I started to convince myself everybody's life is a big party. And this is why this lie is so damaging. You tell yourself you're not invited to the party. You start to feel like a loser that nobody likes. You will never feel motivated to make the effort, and you will never feel worthy of the kind of friendships you deserve if you are constantly swimming in the toilet of comparison. So what is the truth? What do you need to do to turn this around? Truth number 1.