whenever I make a friend from a foreign country I sort of feel inferior to them especially like European or American people, I feel like I shouldn’t talk about anything related to my country or even if I do or talk about anything at all I just feel all of my worth as a person shattering because I don’t have what they have and I feel like the constant need to appeal to them in a way just to not be perceived as weird or out of the norm for them
I really don’t understand but it just feels like prison and I feel a very huge sense of detachment from who I really am..
How do I start feeling more confident about my nationality even if it’s hard to and how do I talk to people without feeling like I’m below them?