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Feeling heartbroken by a friend

User Profile: n4nv
n4nv September 18th, 2023

I'm having trouble understanding what happened to me and a girl that used to be my friend and I don't know how to move on from here. We were friends for 3 years, we were very close to each other, we lived together in more than one place and we had a music project together, but then she started to pick fights with me regularly and stop caring so much about me and I started to grew some resentment over time, so we were a bit shaky, but I was trying to keep my boundaries healthy and build good communication with her, even though it was not an easy task for me, I have always had trouble socializing and depression and anxiety. But then one day she was invited by a friend of ours to visit another friend but she got upset with them for what I thought was valid reasons but also maybe a bit overreaction on her side, because she told them to *** off, which they did, they left her alone, but then she got upset by being left alone by them and not being invited to go with them anymore. I understood both sides and told both sides what I thought of it and then decided to go anyway without her and tried not to give too much tough to it because it had nothing to do with me and I was trying to not get too involved in a situation that was not my responsibility. Some time after that, she hurt herself while I was sleeping and she tried to talk to me but I didn't understand what she was saying because I was kinda still sleeping and she wasn't being clear about what she was saying, she just mumbled something and went away very quickly and I went back to sleep, but a few minutes later she came back to my room, slammed the door and started shouting insults to me, so I got up and realized she was hurt and offered to take her to the hospital but she kept insulting me so I started having a panick attack and just went back to the room while my bf helped her. Later I told her that I was not ok with the way she screamed at me but she told me she did it because she felt ignored by me, I told her I couldn't be ignoring her because I was sleeping and not understanding anything that was happening, but she didn't seem to accept it entirely. So I was feeling really overwhelmed and I told her I needed some time away from her to think and process what I was feeling and she was ok with that. Then I went in the trip with my friends without her and she got jealous of that, so when I came back she said she needed to talk to me and she started saying really mean things about me, implying I was a fake friend and I just said anything other people wanted to hear and then talk bad about them in their backs, which is not true, and that I backed off when she needed support from me. Then she said I was being weak and overly sensitive for still being overwhelmed by her screaming at me, and also that I was not being present for her and was not being the friend I said I promised to be to her and then when I answered back she started yelling insults at me again and said she regretted ever knowing me and that she never wanted to see me again and to never come back to her house or any place she was in, so I stoped talking to her at all, she even blocked me in social media, so I didn't know anything about her. 6 months later she sends me a message telling me how she stills thinks about me and how important I was to her and that she still sees me as her brother. I really don't know what to think about this. I feel really abused by her and manipulated but also I feel like I'm going crazy because sometimes I don't know what is real anymore. Can someone please give me a perspective?

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n4nv OP September 18th, 2023

This is weird, I see one comment but when I click to open it I can't see anything

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User Profile: confidentpanda
confidentpanda September 18th, 2023

@n4nv

It starts at one - that is your original post

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n4nv OP September 18th, 2023

Ohhhh ok that makes sense now

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User Profile: confidentpanda
confidentpanda September 18th, 2023

@n4nv


My take is that sometimes when people feel lack of control in their lives, they look to control others. However, this does not excuse her behavior and being a bad friend. hopefully she does some internal work and can grow, and hopefully you can work on healing and finding better friends.

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n4nv OP September 18th, 2023

Thanks, this was helpful. I feel like it's been a very painful mourning for me, and now I'm more confused again because of her message to me, but I will keep focusing on my healing

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User Profile: Shane1945
Shane1945 September 20th, 2023

@n4nv Totally feel the pain. I was essentially by my best friend two months ago totally out of the blue while we were discussing a music video on Instagr@m. He said that he was more uncomfortable with me than any other person and that he just wanted to end it. We have no hung out a lot recently and the only time we see each other is when he needs a ride somewhere. He has no car. I have done very good things for him and helped him out in life (nothing financially) and I said that all I asked for was him as a buddy. He has twisted this into saying that I did things to get him to owe me something and to do "things I didn't want to do" There were mean implications but were only simple hanging out, going to shows, etc. He loved to twist things when he ranted at me which was whenever he was having a tough time about anything, I was his whipping post. The final rant came when I asked him how he was doing on his job since I knew he had an injury and it was affecting his performance and he was worried about that. We has discussed it previously and he was telling me about it in a very peaceable manner. The last time I asked, he lashed out at me, and I did not instagr@m him for four days. Then I talked to him again telling him about a rock video he wanted to see that had gone on streaming. He replied normally and in a civil manner then suddenly went into a rant about how he was totally uncomfortable with me and wanted to end our friendship. He has unfollowed me on Instagr@m and I have not spoken to him since.