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how to get someone out of your life ?
two years ago i have been going to a place that is like a school for adults with special needs and last year i have been asscoiated with some girl who is two years older than me but doesn't act it and she is also stubborn and when i told her that i did not want to see stuff on her phone she tried to correct me with yeah you do and i had to put up with her alot and when she and her mom rhode with me and my mom she tried to get me to listen to a cd that i did not want to listen to and she asked me way too many questions and some that were stupid about meeting everyone in hr family and i do not want to put up with her forever is there way to remove this person from my life ?
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Whеn I wanted tо cut people оut оf mу life, it wаѕ trivially easy. I didn't talk tо thеm оr call thеn оr write them. Thе fеw people I did talk to, I wаѕ аlwауѕ angry аnd hostile to. Apparently, mу silences аrе vеrу powerful. Mу friends аll disappeared. Gоnе tо thiѕ day.
Mу wife wоuld hаvе disappeared then, but whеn it саmе tо thе point whеrе оnе littlе feather оf a push wоuld hаvе pushed hеr оvеr thе edge оf thе world, I stopped pushing. Thаt didn't prevent hеr frоm deciding tо leave mу life, in mоѕt wауѕ еxсерt fоr parenting, but it did postpone it fоr nеаrlу a decade.
I wоuld guess уоu knоw perfectly wеll hоw tо cut people оut оf уоur life. Mу words аrе nоt news tо you. I suspect thаt уоur rеаl question iѕ hоw уоu саn stop dоing it bеfоrе уоu push уоurѕеlf оut оf уоur оwn life.
Yоu see, thаt'ѕ whаt I wаѕ doing. I hated mуѕеlf ѕо much, I соuldn't stand fоr аnуоnе tо bе ѕо foolish аѕ tо likе mе оr love me. It violated mу sense оf ethics. Aѕ a horrible, hateful person, I did nоt deserve love оr friendship. I wаѕ terribly wrong tо аllоw it in mу life. I wаѕ ѕо immoral.
Secretly, though, I wanted ѕоmеоnе tо tеll mе I wаѕ worth hаving friends. I wаѕn't thе hateful moral reprobate I wаѕ convinced I was. But I соuldn't ѕау that. Thе rules wеrе thаt people hаd tо love mе dеѕрitе аll mу efforts tо stop them. Thеу hаd tо ѕее ѕоmеthing in mе I соuld nеvеr see. If thеу didn't, thеn I wаѕ right. I wаѕ worthless аnd ѕhоuld die.
Sоmе people stuck with me, but thеу wеrе virtual people frоm thе internet. Onlу mу kids didn't withdraw, аlthоugh thеу wеrе hurt. Still, thеу соuldn't gо unlеѕѕ mу wife tооk them, аnd I didn't rеаllу wаnt that, ѕо I triеd tо fix that.
Thе rest оf thе people аrе аll gоnе now. I соuld mауbе reestablish a relationship with them, but I аm tоо ashamed оf hоw I treated thеm tо risk letting thеm beat mе uр аnу more.
I аm slowly starting tо reconnect with family, but I ѕtill dоn't think I deserve that. I continue tо spend mу years in thiѕ jail I made аnd hold thе key to.
I dоn't bеliеvе уоu wаnt tо cut people off. I bеliеvе уоu wаnt tо find a wау tо lеt уоurѕеlf connect with others. I bеliеvе уоu dоn't think уоu аrе worthy оf connection, but in уоur secret heart, уоu wаnt it. I bеliеvе уоu аrе hoping whаt I hoped for: thаt ѕоmеоnе will recognize уоur pain аnd tеll you, in a wау thаt makes sense tо you, thаt уоu аrе worthy.
I саn't dо that. Thе rеаѕоn I саn't dо thаt iѕ thаt I dоn't hаvе thе power. Onlу уоu саn lеt уоurѕеlf trу tо connect with people.
I саn tеll уоu thаt I hаvе found thаt thе issue оf bеing worthy wаѕ a stumble thrоugh thе dark woods fоr me. It'ѕ nоt relevant. Aѕ lоng аѕ I think mу worth iѕ аn issue, I will nеvеr bе worthy.
It'ѕ nоt аbоut worth. It'ѕ аbоut letting gо оf mу shame. It'ѕ аbоut realizing I аm nоt helping mуѕеlf bу holding оntо аll thiѕ shame. It'ѕ аbоut learning hоw tо stop judging mуѕеlf аnd starting tо accept myself. Whеn I dо that, I саn connect. Whеn I dоn't dо that, I kеер people away.
Yоu knоw hоw tо kеер people away. Cаn уоu learn hоw tо accept yourself? Thаt iѕ ѕо muсh tougher. But it'ѕ аlѕо a lot mоrе helpful tо уоu thаn isolating уоurѕеlf whiсh juѕt confirms уоur lack оf worth.
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Let's look at this from another perspective. You mentioned she is from a special needs school. Perhaps this behavior is something she cannot help because it's part of her disability. She's not trying to be a pain nor is she aware of it to you. For her what she's doing is normal and the people in her circle know it and you don't. Perhaps she also intellectually able to think and act at a certain age or is on the Autism Spectrum and lives differently than you.
I don't know but please think of how she feels trying to connect with others. For whatever reason she sees something she likes in you and is trying to get a positive reaction or friend. You could try and be that but when she does something you don't like like insist you do something such as listen to a CD tell her "I don't feel listening to music right now but if you give me the CD I'll put it on later."
If she's asking a ton of questions it's because she wants to know you or has interest in what you have to say about something. Perhaps answering is a good idea or point out "That's really a lot of questions I'll have to think about that."
The thing is the stuff you don't like that she does is a trivial reason not to like her or to be angry. Her questions aren't stupid to her. If everyone approached her like that guess how alone she must feel?She's looking at you to be different.
She really hasn't done much of anything for you or anyone for that matter to want to remove her from your life. You don't have to be friends with anyone you don't want to and can tune people out but in this case that would be a big mistake.
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Little Owl said everything I would say and saved me having to write that. I realize as I used to be a caregiver for a gal with special needs and took her to a class for crafts and fun for special need adults so I have seen lots of that behavior. In most cases, these people have minds not able to see that what they are doing is annoying , bossy, rude and they see it as normal, but its only their normal, what they are used to their whole life because of what ever issues they have to mentally or physically deal with. So she may not be trying to bother you. So be nice but don't back down. If asked to look at her phone, make an excuse, or say you are not interested and if the phone is shoved in your face, close your eyes and repeat that you do not want to look, that what she had to show you is not interesting to you ever, none of it. I've had an elderly woman at a fast food restaurant I worked at who would constantly ask me to read wrat she wrote in her journal on her phone, and I was working so I told her I could not as I was working. SHe'd hang out til closing time and then catch me outside as I left. My husband was there to pick me up and we'd talked about her and what to do. She had refused any help because the few friends she did have discovered she had mental health issues and were worried for her. When my work excuse didn't work cus I was on my own time, I told her that I had read it once and it did not interest me, apply to me and I was not going to look at it any more. SHe tried but I simply refused. You can do that too. Talk to the teachers if she is annoying you at the school. Don't ever get close to her outside of school such as in a car ride because now you are trapped. I would never get in the car with someone I do not like their personality because then I am trapped. Discuss this with family members of yours and see what suggestions they have. the People who know you and those who know this girl best, are going to be the most helpful to you
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Dear Getting Someone Out,
I hear that you are feeling frustrated by this girl. It sounds like she is annoying you. Asking a lot of questions and being stubborn are not very good traits.
That said, you mention that you go to a school for adults with special needs. This means that everyone in your school has skills they need to work on. You probably also have social skills you need to work on. Try not to be angry at this girl. Be polite when you see her. Say hi and be friendly.
That said, you do not need to be close friends with anyone you are uncomfortable with. I would suggest you start by talking to your mom and asking if you could ride to school separately. Try not to see her outside of school. It is healthy to have boundaries.
Let me know how it all turns out!
Little Owl
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