While a good friendship can be incredibly fulfilling, it is not immune to challenges. Various factors can put a strain on even the strongest friendship. Here are some common challenges that can arise in a good friendship.

If your friendship is valuable, you can be alert to potential difficulties and address them as soon as possible.

Miscommunication:

Communication issues can lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and conflicts. Different communication styles, assumptions, or

Friendship:

How to recognize the quality of your relationships and How to recognize a friend who is good for you

If you have suffered from an eating disorder, PTSD, anxiety or any hardship that has distorted your perceptions about the personality or character traits of other people, you may not recognize the qualities of a good friendship. Past emotional wounds can leave you doubting the motivations of others. You may be in an almost constant state of mistrust.

You need a reliable criterion to evaluate your friendships or potential friendships. A good friendship can

Toxic Friendship: Where does it lead you?

Friendship: Recognizing a Toxic Friendship:

If you have or had an eating disorder or PTSD or other condition that affects or affects your perceptions and your self-worth, recognizing the potential for a genuine friendship can be a challenge. You may choose friendship based on your low self-esteem and your weak sense of self-worth.

You may accept other people’s standards of behavior because you haven’t learned to establish boundaries based on your own values. You also may not appreciate the qualities of a good friend and your responsibilities to maintain that friendship.

Novelty can be your perspective. Is this a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?

Embracing novelty is closely related to creativity as it fuels the creative process and expands our creative potential.

Here's what embracing novelty can do for you.

Stimulate new ideas:

 Embracing novelty exposes us to new experiences, perspectives, and information. This influx of novel stimuli can serve as a rich source of inspiration for generating new ideas. By engaging in diverse activities, exploring different environments, and encountering unfamiliar concepts, we broaden our creative palette and enhance our ability to think outside the box.

Embracing novelty is a valuable opening, always available, that can give you more fulfillment and joy than you might imagine. Boredom, listlessness, feeling that you are alone while everyone else is at the party are triggers for depression, anxiety, eating disorder behaviors. You want to stop these feelings through numbness or distraction. There’s a better way.

When your normal routines seem lackluster and nothing excites your interest it’s time to embrace novelty, even when you can’t think of anything that’s new and interesting.

Embracing novelty involves being open and receptive to new experiences, ideas, and

         Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation can have significant consequences on both physical and mental health and trigger eating disorder behaviors. If you suffer with an eating disorder, knowing the consequences of sleep deprivation can help you recognize and avoid triggers that cause you to act out.

Here are some common effects of sleep deprivation. Look for effects that trigger your eating disorder.

Impaired Cognitive Function: Lack of sleep can lead to difficulties with concentration, memory, and overall

Double helix, is an 'electric slide' for proteins.  It doesn't strive for perfection. It is what it is, DNA in the process of becoming.

Striving for perfection is a desperate and consuming aspect of living with an eating disorder. If you are in the thick of an eating disorder you know that finding fault with yourself is a constant issue.

 You may not even know that you are striving for perfection because your perceived faults, especially in the mirror, are overwhelming. 

*pix Rise and soar in freedom
 

Personal Detective Work

Do you believe the genuine you fuels your problematic behaviors?
Or do you have an inner knowing that what fuels these behaviors is not the real you?