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Friendship Breakup
I thought we were friends forever
They say that friendship breakups hurt more than romantic ones, and it feels true.
While the depth of friendships can be explained, losing a friend who was once as close as a shadow, as comfortable as your own skin, is quite hard.
Just like love, you can fall for a friend the first time you meet them. I felt this way with my kindred spirit, or so I thought. But after five years of friendship, it turned into nothing, leaving me helpless, hopeless, and pitiful.
The long phone calls, never-ending texts, and feeling of having a person to rely on all came to an abrupt stop without a warning. The once convincing answers I told myself for the late one-word replies, I slowly recoiled to the gravity of the matter.
It took me days, then months, to process and come to terms with being rejected and avoided as a loving friend. I’m not alone in this.
The of losing a friend you adored dearly can be emotionally devesting and might take weeks and months to process.
Though there are countless reasons to stay connected with friends, there are also numerous ways to lose touch. And, it seems, both of us were victims of this.
