i dont like when people think highly of me

I think partially its because of my low self-esteem but also that i just hate being compared to others or above them. I had this friend that constantly told me how good of a person i was, that he wished he could be like me or that im way better than him and i hated it. I hated it so much and i feel bad for not liking it since i understand that he also doesnt see anything good in him (like me). I tried a lot to communicate that i didnt like being compared to him so much and how that kind of mindset would just ruin him more. I used to be envious of others and constantly comparing myself with strangers. It only makes you shrivel up until youre nothing but all the things you couldnt be. He seemed to understand how it was wrong to do it so much but I cant control him or his thinking so naturally it continued. I just wanna be an equal with someone...i dont think im better than others i just wanna be a normal person like everyone else. 

We didnt stay friends for long since i felt like i was bad for him...like a bad influence. The comparisons didnt stop and i felt like i was just making him feel worser about himself. I enjoyed his company a lot but it got under my skin so much to the point that i couldnt take it anymore. How he wanted to be like me and take my thoughts and share them with the world. I still feel bad for being uncomfortable and not trying to make things positive. Hearing all the things that i dont see in myself just got to me..and i stopped the friendship because i felt like i did nothing but make him worse but i do hope that me being gone can at least alleviate that hatred he felt for himself so, he can start to see good things in himself instead of someone else.