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I always feel depressed and insecure without my boyfriend around. How can I become more independent?

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Question - (28 July 2009) 2 Answers - (Newest, 29 July 2009)
A female United States age 30-35, *ittlekitten1130 writes:

I am always feeling depressed when I am not with my boyfriend, and I already know i am insecure about myself. What can I do to become more confident and dependent of myself?

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A female reader, Charlpop United Kingdom +, writes (29 July 2009):

Charlpop agony auntMy best friend used to be like this. I'm not saying anything against her, but she spent all her time with her boyfriend until she got completely dependent on him and then boom, dumped, and she was absolutely devastated.

The only way she got through it was with her friends.

Spend more time with your friends!

Make new ones through your current friends and try to get up to as much stuff as possible with people who are not your boyfriend.

Before you say 'But that won't make me independent, it just means I won't necessarily need my boyfriend', boyfriends are not the same as friends.

Having great friends makes you feel more confident in yourself because they will always boost you up, which a boyfriend might not necessarily do [whether or not he means to].

Hope this helps =)

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A female reader, kayla20 United Kingdom +, writes (28 July 2009):

kayla20 agony auntonly you can make urself stronger i havent got alot of confidence and there used to be a time where i evolved my life around my bf but the way i look at it now is i went over 10 yrs without a bf when i was a child and handled things fine then so i should be able to do it now.go out with ur friends going shopping or wotever when he is out go out so ur not stuck inside moping.i havent got much self asteem im over weight i put on clothes to hide my stomach put makeup on and do my hair and i get a confidence boost just for that maybe try something like tht

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