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When Your Friends Fail, You Feel Sad; When Your Friends Succeed, You Feel Worse? by aboyaji(m): 5:54pm On Jun 18, 2023
How can we understand the response: when your friends fail, you feel sad; when your friends succeed, you feel more sad?

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Re: When Your Friends Fail, You Feel Sad; When Your Friends Succeed, You Feel Worse? by thesicilian: 6:03pm On Jun 18, 2023
I think you only feel bad when your friends succeed if you yourself are not doing well

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Re: When Your Friends Fail, You Feel Sad; When Your Friends Succeed, You Feel Worse? by aboyaji(m): 12:05am On Jun 19, 2023
thesicilian:
I think you only feel bad when your friends succeed if you yourself are not doing well

It's true.

I call it self-pity.

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