Friends are that family that is chosen. Some friendships last a year, others last decades, and few are forever. Each of them marks a part of our lives and should be valued that way. However, it is necessary to learn and stop believing in false myths, so as not to destroy a friendship.
According to the Psychology Today portal, since childhood we have been instilled with some myths that are destructive to friendships. “Best friends forever” is one of those false beliefs.
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The web portal El Confidencial also talks about these myths and agrees that friends are not for life nor will they be there every time you need them. That’s fine, because you have to learn to have friends.
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• Psychologist Sarah Epstein made it clear that friends are not forever. “We need to normalize the fact that friendships regularly end and fizzle out,” she explained on the Psychology Today website.
• Another myth ensures that friends do not fight. However, conflict is healthy and normal in friendly relationships, what is not correct is to do it with discussion and aggressiveness.
• Thinking that friends will know what you need and if they don’t, they are bad friends. This is another belief capable of destroying a friendship.
• The psychologist recommends that when the bond of friendship ends, it is healthy to process grief in the same way that a person would after breaking up a romantic relationship. It’s worth crying.
• If there are too many conflicts in a short time, it is not recommended to force the friendship for fear of failure. The memory of friendship endures and new companions will always arrive.
• There are friends from schools, high school and college, each one plays a role in our lives. “When a friend leaves, another friend arrives,” says the psychologist. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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