D: Your overall discomfort.
F: Time and attention from your friends.
P: Your personal growth and satisfaction.
S: Social dynamics and mutual respect in friendships.
D = a₁ ⋅ (1 / F) + a₂ ⋅ (10 − P) + a₃ ⋅ (10 − S)
(1 / F): The inverse function indicates that the less attention you receive, the more discomfort it causes, especially when attention is very low.
(10 − P): Represents how far you are from your full growth—less self-improvement leads to greater discomfort.
(10 − S): Shows how uncomfortable things get when respect and mutual trust break down.
a₁, a₂, a₃: Constants that control how heavily each factor contributes to discomfort.
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Importance of Friends' Attention: How sensitive you are to being ignored or emotionally starved.
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Inverse of Attention: The less attention you get, the more intensely discomfort rises, especially when attention is scarce.
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Importance of Personal Growth: How crucial it is for you to be growing, changing, or feeling fulfilled.
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What You're Lacking: The more distant you are from who you want to be, the heavier that absence weighs on your emotional state.
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Importance of Social Harmony: How much disrespect, instability, or toxicity in your friendships impacts you.
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Lack of Respect: Being dismissed, talked over, or misunderstood eats away at your comfort and security.
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Let's say you were to rate the importance of these needs and your current state on a 0–10 scale:
Importance of Friends' Attention (a₁) = 5
Time and Attention from Friends (F) = 2
Importance of Personal Growth (a₂) = 4
Personal Growth (P) = 3
Importance of Social Harmony (a₃) = 6
Social Dynamics and Mutual Respect (S) = 2
Now plug it in:
Discomfort = (5 ⋅ (1 / 2)) + (4 ⋅ (10 − 3)) + (6 ⋅ (10 − 2))
Friends' Attention: 5 ⋅ 0.5 = 2.5
Personal Growth: 4 ⋅ 7 = 28
Social Dynamics: 6 ⋅ 8 = 48
Final Discomfort = 2.5 + 28 + 48 = 78.5
Total Discomfort = 78.5 (you're deeply uncomfortable.)
This model shows that even if you're trying a little, if you're not growing, not receiving connection, and your relationships feel unsafe, your discomfort can skyrocket. To reduce D, raise your personal growth (P), improve social dynamics (S), and stabilize your connection with friends (F).
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