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Crippled Support Network..

User Profile: GnomedBinary
GnomedBinary June 13th

So during the aftermath of a recent crisis, where I had no choice but to ghost people... I tried reconnecting with some close friends.
Only for me to discover that both of them had moved on and given the circumstances of my "hiatus", they decide it would be better to move on than to continue our friendship...

I expected an outcome like this, but literally overnight a huge part of my support network is ripped away from me and there's nothing I can do about.
I can't change what happened and I feel horrible putting my friends in a situation that caused them to worry and stress over if I was okay or not.

Part of me considered not reaching back out to them, but the way I vanished bothered me and I wanted to let them know I was okay.
I have to accept the fact that I might have to let go of these people... And I cant force them into a new friendship.

Now I'm trying to figure out what to do now, and who can take their place because I struggle with making friends.. and I'm scared to open up to anyone because people might not understand my struggles.

While I've found supportive people here on cups, trying to find more offline support feels impossible.

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User Profile: AsherTree
AsherTree June 13th

@GnomedBinary

I don't know what you did to have to ghost people but I stand by your decision..

I wish I could tell you that offline people are easy to be friends with, but unfortunately that is not reality.. Make sure your a great neighbor in the least..🌲

User Profile: Rhiannon65
Rhiannon65 June 14th

I'm sorry this has happened to you. I was very sick for 3 years. One by one my friends stopped asking me to do things then they stopped texting me.

I have none of my friends I had before I was sick. It upset me at first but I won't apologize for going at my pace, the only pace I can go. Also they weren't interested enough to know about my illnesses so were they really friends? I have no suggestions about how to make new friends because I don't know either. I did take this time to work on myself and I have a better relationship with myself!