5858 Why Do I Have No Friends? Freedomain Call In

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

In this call in, Stefan engages with a caller who shares his experiences of childhood emotional neglect and the resulting challenges in forming relationships as an adult. The caller reflects on his early education, attending high school at 12, which led to feelings of isolation. He discusses a turbulent family dynamic, marked by a dominant mother and a submissive father, which shaped his approach to conflict and relationships. As they explore his struggles with self-confidence and romantic pursuits, Stefan guides the conversation towards recognizing how these patterns mirror his parents' dysfunctional relationship. The caller confronts the deep-seated feelings of inadequacy stemming from his upbringing, expressing a desire to break free from these toxic dynamics. The discussion highlights the impact of familial relationships on personal development and the importance of acknowledging these influences to foster healthier interactions moving forward.

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0:00.0	How can I best help?
0:01.0	Yeah, right.
0:02.0	I'll give you a brief recap my life.
0:09.0	Well, I grew up in Western Europe.
0:13.0	Currently, I'm in my early 20s.
0:17.0	I went to, I was one of the youngest persons in my classes as long as I've been in school.
0:25.6	I, I went to high school when I was 12.
0:30.5	I was the youngest one there.
0:32.1	I was to, I had no friends for two years. And after two years, I finally got a no friends. For two years and after two years I finally got a couple friends.
0:42.3	I went to, after that I went to sort of a bit of higher education into a logistics field.
0:50.3	I, yeah, I just chose it because you need to do something.
0:57.0	It wasn't really like a big passion in my head at the time.
1:03.0	And well, yeah, afterwards, COVID happens.
1:10.0	I chose to go to the army. And I went there for a couple. I prepared for a year for that and I left after three months because I was so miserable there.
1:26.8	And then I started working at the company I currently work at,
1:30.1	and now things are looking, well, way better because I'm moving out this week.
1:38.6	I'm starting a promotion next month.
1:41.8	And, yeah, I like what I do.
1:47.7	That's the brief of it.
1:54.6	Well, what do you think is, I'm always interested in what's missing from people's conversations about their childhood in particular or their youth. What do you think is missing?
2:01.3	Maybe the relationship with my parents and my brother.
2:03.9	Yeah, yeah.
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