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Thread #90298   Message #1710299
Posted By: GUEST,Kaye
04-Apr-06 - 12:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: other people's negativity
Subject: BS: other people's negativity
Hi

Don't get me wrong, I can be pretty negative myself, but at the moment I am dealing with a close friend that is just so negative about everything that I don't know how to respond. If it's a big important issue it's all doom and despondency. If it's a small matter it's all..... "of course "/ "what do you expect" / " i told you so". Now I don't even say anything that's of interest to me because I am fed up getting such a negative response.

To make matters worse, I am depressed and taking anti depressants, so I have my own issues ! Maybe he is depressed too, but in him it comes out in more of a grumpy way !

any hints on how to deal with it ?