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'I Don't Trust Anyone, So I Have Trouble Making New Friends!'
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'I Don't Trust Anyone, So I Have Trouble Making New Friends!'

You're working with a bad map.

Heather Havrilesky
Jul 05, 2023
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One and One Half (1974) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

My main difficulty these days is I have no confidence in my ability to create strong bonds with other people. I have had trouble with this for a while, but after some pretty dramatic friendship blow-ups, I've gone from "working on it" to "almost completely resigned." I've always been pretty private bu…

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