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5 Things To Remember When A Friendship Ends

5 Things To Remember When A Friendship Ends

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Navigating the end of a friendship can be emotionally challenging, but it's also an opportunity for growth and self-reflection. In this video, we discuss five essential things to keep in mind when facing the end of a friendship. From understanding that friendships evolve to recognizing the signs of a toxic friendship, we offer practical insights to help you navigate this sensitive time with grace and resilience. Whether you're experiencing a natural drift or dealing with the fallout of a toxic relationship, these strategies can provide comfort and clarity. If you're struggling with the complexities of friendship dynamics or coping with the end of a relationship, this video is here to offer support and guidance
Date: 2024-04-20

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Yapping about my ex bestfriend:
My ex best friend ghosted me, and I didn’t even notice anything different until soon before when she stopped responding as much or really dryly. I have no clue why she ghosted me. And then she's apparently now besties with one of my least favorite which I told her why I disliked and she also often said she disliked too. I honestly might've preferred her just yelling at me or something, because I stressed for months about keeping my friendships, especially with her, because I was leaving the school, and basically everyone I knew was going somewhere else, but I also have social anxiety, which made it ten times worse. I don’t know what reasons she would’ve ghosted me especially so out of the blue. I think I was a pretty good best friend to her, obviously I had some faults, but I genuinely think that I'm a good friend in general. Heck, the last time I saw her in person, she brought me multiple souvenirs from Japan. I thought that everything was fine, and we had a great time, or at least I did. I can't figure out what I did wrong and what I need to improve about myself if she doesn’t tell me. After a lot of thinking (unfortunately I have a horrible memory) I realized that she had a lot of faults as a friend and person in general. She has gone through a lot, so it's partially understandable, but I've realized how much she and some others have hurt me without me having realized before. I have mostly moved on, and honestly, don't think about her all too often anymore, usually only every 2 weeks or so, sometimes less. Its been about 9 months since I gave up on trying to get her to give me a genuine response or a response at all, and I've healed a lot, though it obviously still bothers me. I wish she would've just talked to me and explained stuff, maybe we could've even worked it out. Although, looking back, I'm kind of glad that she ended our friendship, though obviously not the way she did it. She was sometimes a negative influence or made fun of some of my interests that I was already insecure about (from previous experiences) and rarely praised me (she did sometimes, though) among other things. I still harbor resentment, unfortunately, but I'm a lot less angry and sad about it than I used to be, so I'm getting there. I honestly feel bad for her, but she's kind of a dick now. Obviously from ghosting me (and most of our old friend group, but also for becoming besties with aforementioned rude girl and being rude together. I haven't talked to her since we stoped being friends (obviously, but from trusted friends (part of old friend group) I'veheard bad things. She's pretty rude now and kinda acts like one of the popular girls, whom she used to claim to hate. I don't understand why she suddenly changed so much and without talking to me at all. I want to say I wish her well, but part of me hates her for hurting me so much, and I know I'll eventually be able to say that completely truthfully, but not yet. I'm still healing. She was my first bestfriend and one of my first deep friendships. I didn’t know what was the minimum was yet. Dispite what I've said, I do hope that she's okay. I still care about her despite everything, and while I do still resent her, I hope she's okay. She's been through a lot, and while she didn't vent to me often (neither of us did, I know that she's delt with and is dealing with a lot of shit. So no, actually, I take it back, I hope that's she doing well as a better person away from her new bestie. I hope that she grows as I have and more. I wonder what she's been up too. I still have her number, but there's no way I'm going to text her, even if I did, I doubt that she'd respond anyway, lol.
That was a lot, lol. Thanks for this. I needed to be reminded of a lot of this, especially about resentment. I will keep this in mind. :)

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had met this girl playing a game of left 4 dead. i first found out about the game when i was in a hospital because someone poisoned the local water supply. one of my parents brought me a magazine, that showed off some pictures. sometime after getting out of the hospital and recovering, i got an Xbox 360, a copy of the game, and Xbox live so that i could play it with others. in 2014 i met her in a match running no mercy, the level before last. specific, i know, but this friend meant a lot to me so i never forgot the details. anyway, we got along pretty well. after so long i confessed my feelings for her, and i was met with silence. i dropped it for a time, figured she either needed time to process it, or she wasn't interested. at a point i got something from the Bradford exchange, it was a limited time gift. the next time we chatted, i brought it up. she didn't say anything. at some point my life went downhill, and i felt like absolute trash. pushed everyone out of my life. friends, family, everyone. i removed everyone from my Xbox friends list, including her. a year or two ago i tried to track her down and say sorry, but she must have changed her gamertag, and we didn't add each other on any social media platform. so that was that. i regret what i did. but i will admit that she needs to straight up tell people i'm not interested, or something, anything other than silence. iv'e grown as a person, and have better judgment of others i share my feelings to. i have since met someone recently i get along with online. we are in a relationship, and i lover her very much. hope everyone is doing well
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I lost a best friend due to growing apart so it wasn’t on bad terms. I’m convinced it’s because she didn’t know how to say she didn’t want to be friends anymore & let the passage of time along with un-replied texts do the talking for her. It is immensely heartbreaking as we were so close that I valued her as a sister, apparently she didn’t feel the same in the end.
When a friendship is that deep moving on is absolutely harder than people tell you it is. It’s not a break up in your 20s, it’s deeper than that. She was really the only person along with my partner that could really open up and be vulnerable with on a level I don’t show anybody else. I feel like I’m never gonna find another best friend or a friend at all as being open and vulnerable takes time and trust for me which doesn’t bode well as Finding a friend is an adult is never a walk in the park due to us having more responsibilities & priorities, and people these days are more often about prioritizing themselves than relationships. Hanging out with someone and never talking to them anymore happens a lot faster. You’re either friends with someone far older than you or someone much younger and one of the two always has to have kids of which I can’t relate.
I’m not saying I won’t find another friend, I hang around a lot of people, but there was a click in me when I first talked to her and I never felt that click with anyone else ever after that. Unless that rare feeling happens again every friend I make is just gonna be A person I get along fine with but never an actual friend.

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This hit me hard, so thank you for making a video about this.
Just a few months ago, I broke friendships with a few people from a small fandom that I was in online. It was all because I chose to voice some opinions I had that they extremely disagreed with, so they all chose to unfollow & block me for good because of it. One of them even messaged me in such a mean way, that it made me wonder if I truly was their friend to begin with. and it really hurt my soul to read it. To think that they thought I was such an evil person now, when only a year or two ago, they adored my work & enjoyed talking to me.
Luckily, time has moved on & I have done the same - I've focused on my true friends that have stuck by my side & honestly, I left most of that fandom behind, even though I am still a fan of it (I'm just not a fan of most of the people in it. It's been difficult, but I feel happier with the newer friends that I'm making & what I choose to focus on now.

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my friendship barely lasted a year or so. always thought i had some faults. but as i Iearned from my expirences. i understood that unfortunately i only crossed paths with narcisstics and insecure people. so it was not my fault after all. i was always there for them. but they considered me an option.
because of these reasons i haven't been lucky to find love either. most of my crushes never reciprocated. and if someone did they just wanted temporary relations. it's not like i dont get attention. i am a pretty good looking woman. but the attentions i get are from creeps which are a headache.
anyway i have been going through this journey alone. trying to keep my peace. investing in my hobbies. and been waiting for a career opportunity to open up.
i expect to meet new people through this. who are likely the people who would click with me and not consider me an option. so wish me luck.

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It's been complicated for me, back in middle school I started straying away from my best friend. I didn't feel the same talking to him anymore. He was kinda controlling, judgemental, and honestly quite obnoxious, on top of that I was getting bullied for my friendship with him. I was hesitant to end it because we'd see each other every single day. Overtime I started treating him the same way he was treating me so I could get my getback, but looking back that's probably one of the most immature things ive done in my life; one day we had a big argument and HE ended up ending the friendship, and blackmailed me for months. I felt terrible about it for years and couldn't even hear his name without getting filled with negative emotions, but in recent years, I don't really feel bad anymore because I realized that friendship was legitimately going nowhere anyways.
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Sheesh, just when a friend dumped me because she feels a resentment with a person we know in common. I chose to not cut the relationship with the other person (rule: not my drama. She was ok with it since it was a neutral condition and time after that condition was clear (to avoid placing me in an awkward position and her in a painful one, she comes saying that she's still hurt for stuff that hasn't happened (I remain neutral and don't incline to her nor the other person's side) because she's sure that I'm laughing, enjoying, living and sleeping peacefully with people that actually hurt her on purpose while she's hurting in a corner.
Much much resentment, so much that it even splashed me when I have nothing to do with the other gal

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Wow this video is so insightful. I recently had a falling out with a friend too except i dont harbor resentment towards them, nor do i blame myself because i feel like we both made a lot of mistakes. My only regret is that when we ended things, she couldn't understand why i was miserable. I tried so many times to explain my point of view, yet it was always about her. The last i saw her she claims she tried looking at things from my perspective, but she never did. She just blocked me before giving me a chance to reply to her assessment. I do miss her because i feel she's the only person i didn't have to censor my humor around, but she gave up on our friendship ages ago before our falling out, so its probably for the best.
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i end up doing the ending of stressful friendships, one reason or another.
most recent one was a couple years back, a very stressful friendship that felt like a full-time job, and it turns out it was purely for their schadenfreude and entertainment value for their stream content
my trouble now is, this friend still lingers or chats in the Discord group i'm a part of, and it's very hard not to feel those same negative emotions when they haven't apologized or made any effort towards any amends, and they still act like they did nothing wrong. i wish they'd just stay in their Discord that they have for themself and their followers, and not intrude in the safe space i frequently inhabit.

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I'll admit I tend to drop people and isolate very often when my mental state gets bad. Some people I can come back to after a few months without them acting like I hurt them for disappearing. They know me well enough to know if I leave, I need space. I'm not a good person, and I have a hard time maintaining friendships. So even when I'm not just ghosting people for months because of a bout of severe depression, people get sick of me. I don't blame them. I just don't let myself get too close, so when they do leave, it doesn't bother me as much. Sure, it's lonely. Cripplingly so, but I have my cat, and I have books and movies, so I'm not just left with my thoughts when I'm not working.
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This was needed 7 years ago. My friend was pregnant we were supposed to meet up for lunch, but we have lives and I was adapting to being a new mom myself and we forgot to communicate. I told her sorry about not reaching out, she didn't respond for a week and then I asked her if she was OK and she blew up on me and said hurtful things and made it about her. I tried to reach out a few times to see if she was ok, no response. So i said screw it, i dont need this negetivity inmy life and deleted her number and cut her out. I'm still upset about it sometimes. But now I'm awesome friends with my homeboy and his girlfriend and they are amazing people and I'm grateful for them
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This video came out at a very good time. I’ve been friends with this one guy on and off for the last decade, but over that time he has been becoming more and more toxic. I’ve left the friendship before but due to the circumstances and my own fear I kept crawling back, but this time I intend to be gone for good. I’ve made new friends in the last few months that have been way better for me to be with compared to him, so I’ll leave him to his people and I’ll find more of mine. Just have to wait a few days before parting since we’re both going to be at an event, and I don’t want to make the mistake of creating an unpleasant atmosphere at a several hour long event.
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This was definitely needed a year ago. Sort of.
Its more for my two friends breaking up and splitting our trio. The way they broke it off, felt like two parents divorcing, where i get word from one of them, that they wont be best friends anymore. Nothing ever gets said for those in the middle who have to watch and cant do anything to stop it or fix it. Even one of my best friends whos a bro to me told me there was nothing i could do to fix it. So im left there with feelings of resentment and almost like im just forced to move on, cuz everyone else did. Best i had was my bro and our dnd group. What he meant was how it seemed they were settled on splitting

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I just stopped talking to my closest friend a week ago. At first, things were great between us. We just clicked and did a lot of fun stuff together. But one day, I had a feeling that they were gradually pulling away from me. I was always ready to make an effort, but they wouldn't reciprocate anymore. There's nothing really I could do about that. When I mentioned any inconvenience that hurt me, I always got disrespected in return. But I took all of that in, just because I wanted to be a good friend. To protect my mental health, I had to do it, end it. I wish them the best in their life but I'll never speak to them again.
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I had a friend we became close because both our mothers passed, so we leaned on one another. Than slowly I realized that I didn’t want this friendship. She was rude. And very nosey, and lazy and wanted me to fix her emotions for her. And one day I woke up and I was like yea this is done and I went a-wall, ghosted her whatever you wanna say. And I didn’t feel bad. So that really showed me that I really didn’t want that friendship in the first place if I was content to get out of that friendship. Maybe I was wrong who knows. It doesn’t bother me, I just remember it.
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I lost a friendship 17 months ago that still makes me wanna cry and get drunk just to numb the pain.
I've lost more friends since then. Basically for the same reason. A constant source of drama and pain in my life that I can't ever seem to walk away from because without it, I have nothing.
I was alone without a friend in the world for many years and I'm too afraid of going back to that loneliness and isolation even though the alternative is clinging to a constant source of negativity that is ruining good things in my life over and over again.

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All my friends are dead, in jail, or just lost to time off with their own families. I never really trusted anyone or really met anyone close enough to call them friends. I been busy doing family crap for like almost 20 years now. I learned many years ago everything lost in this world can be found or remade except for time and people. It hurts when the two are intertwined more I think. Losing your friend and lover you have so much time invested in
I'm not a real Dr, I'll let the psychoanalyst wrestle with stuff like that.

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Thanks for posting this. This is one I might need to watch a time or two again just to keep things in perspective and be reminded that there can be some positives to reach and hold onto.
I had a very difficult situation with a friend recently: inappropriate things said, boundaries not respected or stated enough. And while the friendship isn't lost, I feel like the healing process is helped by being better able to accept whatever path we end up on. Whether that's remaining friends or moving on.

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I have been needing this video. it has been over a year since ut happened, but it still feels like a stab to the heart sometimes. Reflecting on it, it was literally the worst emotional pain I have ever gone through in my life. I liken it to breaking up with your first deep love, because it kinda was.
I am much better now, but it still feels like i had lost a part of my self. I an atill healing

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My best friend of almost 13 years left me a few months ago.
To cut a long story short: he lied to his girlfriend about who he was out and about with and she caught him hanging out with me. they almost broke up and he apparently blames me for it. Dude didn’t even give me the courtesy of allowing me to say goodbye. A real Dick move but I still wish them all the best even though it really stings

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