Hi all, thanks for taking the time to read this. Over the past few weeks of dealing with my room (just like look in my history or something for that post), I've come to realize that he may not be the entire problem.

Ever since around middle school/ early high school, I always seemed to help other people out. I was raised to help people whenever I could, so that's what I usually do. However, it seems that as of late, all my relationships usually stem from being someone's therapist.

I have a few actual friends where we do stuff together and hang out, but it seems that most of the people I meet and who hang around me just use me as a listening board/ advice column instead of actually wanting to be friends with me. As far as I can tell I'm not doing anything that screams "tell me your problems in graphic detail!", yet it seems that the mast majority of people I meet end up only wanting my help on things, and then they don't talk to me again until they need me.

What can I do to 1) find more people who actually want to be friends with me, and 2) tell people I'm not their shrink while not coming off rude?
user
Most people I meet treat me as personal therapist and nothing else. How do I change that?
assistant
Hi all, thanks for taking the time to read this. Over the past few weeks of dealing with my room (just like look in my history or something for that post), I've come to realize that he may not be the entire problem.

Ever since around middle school/ early high school, I always seemed to help other people out. I was raised to help people whenever I could, so that's what I usually do. However, it seems that as of late, all my relationships usually stem from being someone's therapist.

I have a few actual friends where we do stuff together and hang out, but it seems that most of the people I meet and who hang around me just use me as a listening board/ advice column instead of actually wanting to be friends with me. As far as I can tell I'm not doing anything that screams "tell me your problems in graphic detail!", yet it seems that the mast majority of people I meet end up only wanting my help on things, and then they don't talk to me again until they need me.

What can I do to 1) find more people who actually want to be friends with me, and 2) tell people I'm not their shrink while not coming off rude?
user
I seem to get along with people who are brainwashed by their parents that they need to "talk" to me about their problems, but it seems that almost all of them only want my help on things. How can
assistant