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8 Types Of “Friends” That Are Negatively Impacting Your Personal Growth

And Why It Might Be Wise To Start Letting Them Go

Joren van Schaik
Ascent Publication
Published in
8 min readJul 13, 2018

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We all know that making majors changes in our lives is scary — especially because early growth usually happens alone.

If you are truly focused on improving yourself, you will outgrow certain friends. Consider this a good thing, because it means that you are becoming more self-aware of the person you are, and the person you want to become.

You will also start becoming aware of the types of people you’re surrounding yourself with.

For a while now, you’ve been carrying a feeling of not belonging.
You feel like your environment doesn’t seem to support your goals and vision. It’s hard for you to find people to share all the things that truly fascinate you with. Few people seem to be interested in your work.

Your old group of friends seems like a tight family you haven’t felt a part of lately.

Negative people have big impact on:

  • Your confidence
  • Your mental health
  • Your feeling of self-worth

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Joren van Schaik
Ascent Publication

Writer, Cinematographer & Video Editor of “WOLVEFANG” on Youtube. Lifelong Student and Free Thinker.