If you’re guilty of chronic bailing, Hojjat says the best approach is to apologize, offer to make up for it — and make a point of keeping your word. “Friendship is kind of like a garden,” says Hojjat. “If you want to maintain your garden, you need to regularly water your plants and remove the dead leaves. If you leave it unattended
Then ok to cancel. Indeed, I have today. Group of friends meeting for drinks this evening and I have cancelled - they’re heavy drinkers and I’m doing Dry Jan and wouldn’t have the willpower to stay off the grog. Didn’t know I was going to do DJ when the plans were made 2 weeks ago. They don’t mind and we’ve been friends for 30 years
In some situations, this is standard, humans are versatile, and our moods change all the time. It’s okay to cancel plans every now and then. However, for people with anxiety, the problem isn’t limited to every now and then. It becomes an issue almost every time they have a plan to go out.
A party. A holiday. A get together with friends I haven’t seen in a while. Even though a part of me wants to socialize, a bigger part of me wants to come up with any excuse to get out of going. That is why I have a nasty habit of canceling plans at the last second.
Tell your friends (or family) how you really feel. “When thinking about canceling, you might initially feel anxious about how to communicate that,” says Maalouf. “It doesn’t feel good to
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