Title: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Friendships | Dr. Jane Bluestein
Headings: Healthy vs. Unhealthy Friendships
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Friendships
Learning to tell the difference
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Content: Healthy friendships are based on mutual respect. In unhealthy friendships, people ridicule one another, gossip or spread rumors, or act mean to one another. Healthy friendships allow each other to grow and change. Unhealthy friendships are threatened when one person grows or changes. Healthy friendships are not possessive. Unhealthy friendships are threatened by other people. Healthy friendships nourish you and add to your life. Unhealthy friendships leave you feeling empty and drained. Healthy friendships accept you for who you are. Unhealthy friendships require you to act the way someone else wants you to be in order to be accepted.