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February 7th, 2012
Hello.. I'm hoping to get a response back.. I have a friend who I think is obsessed with me.. She also has suicidal thoughts and can never go without texting me. She doesn't like me having other friends and gets mad when I cancel plans with her. Sometimes she will call me hyperventilating about how she misses me and think I hate her.. Sometimes she will even refer to herself as a third person when she texts me and she will always apologize to me.. And ask me if we are still friends and how she only trust me. I have told her that maybe she should go and talk to a counselor but she then thinks that I think she is pyscho or something.. But it will end with her apologizing and telling me not to be mad and long paragraphs about how she misses me.. Please help. I need answers..
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replied February 7th, 2012
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Hi flower16 and welcome to ehealth: I am not sure if this is a girl or boy obsessed with you and wanting your friendship...Sad as it is some people have no friends...Some have never known the close security that comes with both friendship and love....Thus, when they latch onto someone who they trust they live in fear...Fear that this person will go away or that they will no longer "like" them...I believe this is what you are going through....

How do you get rid of this?....Tough one...Maybe find it within yourself to softly and with kindness tell her to seek help....or ignore this person....IMO, this is all part of this world we live in....Everyone wants to be wanted....Take care...

Caroline
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replied February 7th, 2012
Yes, Iam a female and she is a female we have only know each other since the middle of this time last year..the more we started to hangout she started telling me more about her life.
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Hi again flower16....How old is she?...Your age?....This is a tender age for a girl and if she has never had friends she is probably in fear that you no longer like her....Yet, if she is messing with your mind on this, then it is another story....Your problem would be how to cool down her dependence on you, yet not let her know that this is what you are doing...One more thing, if her notes and her actions are making you uncomfortable, then take action to stop it...Unfortunately some people cannot see when they are being a pest and the "not welcome" sign is out...Take care...

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