You hear that? That sharp, splintering crack? Was that a plate breaking? A window smashing? Nope. That was the sound of someone’s heart splitting in two after losing a friend they thought would last a lifetime.
It belongs to the people below. Their friendships ended suddenly, painfully, and for reasons they never imagined. Take a moment to read their stories, and if you have one of your own, feel free to share it in the comments. Letting it out might help.
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She told me I need to stop being a “Debby downer” minutes after being diagnosed with cancer 💀
#2
So she slept with my (now) ex boyfriend which ya know whatever a tale as old as time, however not only was he my boyfriend but he is also her brother.
#3
she full on SOBBED in my bed 3x the DAY AFTER my BROTHER DIED because me caring about my brother’s death “reminder her that shes not close with her (ALIVE) brother”
We reached out to therapist Priya Harpaul, LMHC, to understand why friendship breakups hurt so deeply and what we can do to ease the pain of the fallout. Harpaul is also a mental health educator and the creator of the Instagram page The Therapy Notebook, where she shares advice on coping skills and relationships of all forms and sizes—so for more insights, be sure to check it out.
According to Harpaul, there are several reasons why friendship breakups can feel especially painful. “With romantic relationships, a certain level of heartbreak and rejection is to be expected and anticipated. We don’t typically prepare for ending friendships,” she explains. “And it’s easier to understand when romantic relationships don’t work out due to compatibility issues, but with friendships it can be harder to process why it didn’t work out.”
“Friends can also be a major source of emotional support when romantic relationships go wrong or when life happens,” she adds. “And there may not be a sense of closure or understanding of what went wrong. Society also tends to minimize the end of a friendship, which can invalidate the grieving process and make it seem trivial when it isn’t. Our friends are our chosen family and the end of a deep connection deserves to be grieved.”
#4
She voted for Trump. That’s it, that’s the tweet.
#5
Made me transfer 40p for using her shampoo on holiday 😍😍😍
#6
once I woke up struggling to breathe with a pillow over my face 😃
#7
She came to my house, sat me down, read a list of reasons why she hated me, watched me cry, then asked for help with a Snapchat feature 💕
#8
I took her to the eras tour with me and when I asked her for the money for her ticket she ghosted me and hasn’t responded since. We’d been friends for 8 years.
#9
Started dating my r*pist (we’re no longer friends)
#10
she recorded my sa
#11
My ex friend used to be like my Wallace Wells. Super witty and charming. A class act. But after she transitioned her whole personality changed overnight. She was very, uh, forward about her body and wanted me to look at it. At the same time, my house was destroyed by flooding, my dog passed, and I was in the middle of a semester living in a hotel. I didn’t really have the mind space to acclimate to my friend’s new personality. This made her VERY upset. I tried to give it space but there was just SOME way she wanted me to act. We fought about it every day for a week. The final straw was her getting so god dang upset I didn’t have a raving opinion about her new fursona while I was in the saddest chapter of my life. I blocked her and cried all night. 6 years of friendship down the drain.
#12
she made a voodoo doll of me and stabbed it repeatedly hoping i would die
#13
My fav is when our old gymnastics coach use to t0uch us (we all bonded over it and agreed that it happened) and i reported him, she decided to testify FOR him and lie on the stand.
#14
When I was blacked out drunk, like passed out, she tried to steal money from me by using my face id to pay a payment request she sent from her phone to me, I didnt know till next morning when I got 12 A notification on my search engine that said that the payment failed, she probably couldn’t get in my bank account, never said anything about it and I regret that
#15
she and a group of my “friends” knocked on my door asked me to go on a walk with them, i did and they were going to shoot me, they had a gun and pulled it out on me…
#16
Her boyfriend pulled a gun and was threatening to unalive us all on my 20th birthday and she still stayed with him
#17
Tried poisoning me by putting ground up mechanical pencil lead in my water bottle because I was rude to them
#18
Cut me off when I got diagnosed with cancer.
#19
told her my grandad had cancer and she said “oh ok”
#20
Was in the club with me telling random guys everything about me which was my deepest darkest secrets and then i got a message the next day from a random guy telling me my whole life story
#21
left me on the floor having a seizure
#22
lied about her dad being 💀 because she wanted her life to be extremely similar to mine
#23
i told her a mutual friend sa’d me and she called me a liar and said that if i told anyone i’d ruin the guys life
#24
when my dad died she never said sorry for your loss to me because “she wasn’t the one who killed him”
#25
Lied to my face about having CANCER FOR 4 MONTHS and said that she had a 50% chance of survival.
#26
used my dead brother for attention saying they were bestfriends or dating (they never met)
#27
She was narcissistic and manipulative. She would always make degrading comments towards all of our friends and go “I’m just kidding” while laughing after. There’s much more too.
#28
let her bf beat us both up then took him back
#29
She realized she liked me, couldnt accept that she was queer AND IN LOVE WITH ME (found this out thru her friends), so instead she told me she hated me, and that i made her someone that shes not
#30
She wanted to take my place and steal my best friend and when she couldn’t she freaked out, started actual life ruining lies about me and still stalks me 4 years later 💀 I want to forget about her so bad but she refuses to leave me alone
#31
Became so obsessed with me and acted like we were in a relationship 😭😭
#32
She wrote her college essay about my mom being an abusive alcoholic to my dad and how it enabled her to realize how her parents were the epitome of a perfect relationship 😂😂😂
#33
actively made it her mission to befriend people that disliked me. after i cut her off over it, they became a friend group so now my friends and i joke that i have a hate/fan club
#34
her and her mum spent £500 on uber eats on my card ✌🏽
#35
My Mom passed away and she cancelled our meet up, because she was on her period and didn’t had the capacity to hold space for me.
#36
she told me she’s glad my brothers dead
#37
Constantly left me out, body shamed me, spread untrue rumors, turned one of my friends against me, and the best part… went with my ex to homecoming a week after we broke up!
#38
forced me on a weighing scale so she could prove she weighed less than me 😆
#39
blamed everything on his autism, literally used it for an excuse for being an overall horrible human being. (dating a f*****t, cheating on his bf who wasn’t the f*****t, leeching off of everyone, etc)
#40
she carved my name into her leg💗
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