@tiredbubble00 Similar situation. Worked hard and the return is so little. Others do not recognize your achievement much, because the results are meager. Plain and ordinary friends get a lot of recognition despite all kinds of flaws. But nobody seems to see through them. Me? I immediately get disparagement, criticism, pointing out of faults etc. Worked hard on relationships, but nothing is good. Others always find some fault. I have to be the one making all the effort. Once I stop putting effort in the relationship, the whole thing begins to weaken. Thinking what to say, how to entertain and so on. A female friend of mine just posts a picture of her plain dinner and gets 20-30 comments that spur long conversations. Literally, just sends an emoji and gets an hour of conversation from multiple people. I’m tired. Work and work, and the return is so meager. I accept that the fault is with me, work hard to correct my faults, but then all that work is kind of useless. Later, they will just tell you to try harder. It’s you. Just embrace the world. Etc. yeah…