So thereβs this friend who has started to become quite toxic for me. He makes me feel stupid every time I talk about what I love and constantly discourages me when I talk about my dreams. He is one of those people that think that money will solve all your problems and that being successful means getting a stable job, building a traditional family and making lots of money. I donβt have a problem with that kind of mindset but thatβs not success to me, I personally already think Iβm successful bc Iβve grown a lot as a person and overcome various hardships that I thought would end with me but ended up not even getting close to bringing me down. Success to me isnβt something material, success is not something others should define for me, I get to say if I think Iβm successful or not. He says Iβm delusional for having big dreams and believing that life can be great if you follow your aspirations and enjoy the moment. Whenever I talk about it he says βyou sound like a 5yo writing an essay on her dream worldβ such comments make me feel bad and sometimes I lose faith in myself because of it. Iβve always been called delusional, all my life people have told me that I dream too much and have too much imagination, that I should be more realistic and come out of my little bubble cuz the real world will never work like that. Is it wrong that i donβt want to face this so-called reality?? sometimes I wonder if theyβre right? But i donβt want to think they are bc then this life would be horrible and not worth living. I donβt want to believe that, and I donβt but idk.