Are my friends bad for me?

Track the after-effect, not the highlight reel: do you leave hangouts energized or drained, more confident or more self-critical? Healthy groups survive your wins and your boundaries. If your successes get minimized and your 'no' gets punished, the group is shaping you downward, which is what this audit measures.

Rarely all at once. The usual result is a sorted list: friends worth investing in, friends who get polite distance, and one or two relationships that need a real exit. The audit gives you that per-person clarity instead of an all-or-nothing decision made in frustration.

Loneliness inside a friend group means the connection is roleplay: you're present as your function, the listener, the organizer, the entertainer, not as yourself. Groups that only welcome your function will always feel hollow, no matter how full the room is.