The only way to be less “intimidating” is to … actually no, get scarier.
By
Tefi Pessoa,
host, content creator, comedian, and Cut advice columnist
who is also launching a podcast with Vox Media later this summer.
Animation: The Cut, Getty
"This fear that’s been haunting me for years — that there’s something fundamentally wrong with me.”
Sometimes we feel threatened by bids for closeness, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. It can help to consider if…
What if I embarrass myself? What if everyone else is more desirable than me? How can I just for once be the one that everyone…
"This fear that’s been haunting me for years — that there’s something fundamentally wrong with me.”
You’re hurt and you owe it to yourself to tell her. You shouldn’t pretend otherwise for the sake of your friendship.
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is realizing his friends may find his personality hard to…
