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Am I overreacting? Or do I have to accept that most people I get close to will walk out on me

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Acrazybimbo · 19/06/2024 12:26

Exactly that. I feel when I get close to someone and start to consider them a good friend, we’ve confided in each other about personal stuff that’s happened in our lives, we are so so similar, I think very highly of them then they start pulling away (either real or imagined). It’s like I can’t be close to someone who I feel gets me so so much because most of the time they pull away. Each time it happens I’m always the one hurting, always the one left picking up the pieces knowing I’ll have to watch others have that super close bond. Maybe I’m too much and I need to change. It’s not like I constantly message and annoy people. Maybe she’s sensed that I’m not good enough. Maybe I’m overreacting and she’s going through things and it’s not me. It’s just everytime this happens it can’t not be me. Now I have to find someone similar to not feel hurt and to cope

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Acrazybimbo · 19/06/2024 15:48

Yes I will admit. I have unmet needs and a void that needs filled and only certain people can fill it. I feel I need that like minded close friend. Communication if you count comments on photos then it was most days. Last time she messaged me was 4 days ago on a different platform than usual. I was upset two weeks ago and I really needed to talk to her but she didn’t open my message. Yes she’s an online friend but she’s the type that if we lived close by we’d be inseparable. This morning she seen the message along with a few funny reels and liked one of the reels. This was like 7 in the morning and I got excited (like I normally do when she contacts me) and assumed she was replying and when she didn’t I felt this overwhelming feeling of sadness and feared the worst and my head was exploding with all sorts of thoughts like this always happens to me, I get close to people then they leave me, I’m not good enough and never will be etc I went to baby club later that morning and cheered up but I was meant to meet my best friend but her fat lazy ass sister demanded she help her with shopping so that’s another day wasted

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boombang · 19/06/2024 15:40

maybe leave it for a couple of weeks, and if she hasn't contacted you in that time, then contact her again with an invite for coffee, of something, and then if she says yes, all good, and if she says no, then back off and give her space

Bigiciuincailin · 19/06/2024 13:38

To me it sounds like you are trying to get some unmet needs met by these relationships. I don’t mean friendship needs, I mean deeper needs. Eventually that probably comes out either in communication or unconsciously.

I have had a few friendships in the past where by the friendship started to go way beyond friendship levels towards almost an unhealthy dependence level, one ex friend was ND and another with significant childhood trauma. Eventually even though they were genuinely nice people I had to pull back for my own mental well being. A mutual friend explained the issue to one of the ex friends and they were completely oblivious even though it was a long standing pattern for them in friendships.

GerbilsForever24 · 19/06/2024 13:38

If this is a pattern, then yes, I would suggest you'r eeither doing somethign wrong or misreading relationships. how long was this person your friend/? True frienship takes time. you can bond with someone and have a real connection but not actually convert that into genuine long-term friendship. either because long-term you're not actually compatible, or because life just doesn't work out that way eg because of work/family commitments, distance etc. I still feel sad that a woman I became friendly with when DS was a baby moved away. I feel like if we'd stayed local we'd have become good friends but by the time she moved, we weren't close enough. It's no one's fault, it just is.

GracieLee · 19/06/2024 13:31

So after reading your other post, you say you have close friends who you love dearly. I suspect the fact that you can't get another friend out of your head does sound like you're in love with her and this is why you're feeling empty. Are you in a relationship that you'd actually rather not be in? And this twin thing you're looking for is actually another woman romantically?

AnneLovesGilbert · 19/06/2024 13:22

Is this the online friend who isn’t coming to your birthday?

GracieLee · 19/06/2024 13:15

This is not something that I think normally happens, kindly I am wondering if there's a reason if its repeatedly the same thing over and over. Can you explain a bit more. How often are you messaging, calling? Are you wanting to meet a lot. Are you talking negatively a lot? Sorry just trying to unpick what it could be.

Catza · 19/06/2024 13:15

Now I have to find someone similar to not feel hurt and to cope

That's a big red flag to me. It tells me that you are seeking people for your own benefit rather than wanting to develop close connection with someone which is always give and take. Agree with the PP, you need to reconsider your motives and how your behaviour influences the relationship. And seek some therapy to resolve your personal challenges before attempting to seek closer relationships.

Nibblepies · 19/06/2024 13:01

With kindness, there is probably an element of self fulfilling prophecy and self sabotage at play.
You are fearful and expect people to leave and then in an unconscious way you either push them away or pull them so close that they get uncomfortable and leave anyway.
Have you had therapy to work on your past issues and help you manage unhealthy relationship patterns?
Also, in what timeframe are you trying to develop ‘a super close bond’? True friendships that are super close take time (years) to develop. Relationships that get super intense in a short period of time rarely are long lasting as there is something toxic/codependent about them.

Acrazybimbo · 19/06/2024 12:53

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Acrazybimbo · 19/06/2024 12:38

boombang · 19/06/2024 12:28

sounds sad, and you are probably just unlucky. I hope your friendships continue - sometimes there is a bit of ebb and flo, but the friendship itself remains solid underneath

I feel sad as I really value her as a friend. I hope it’s just a blip and it’s not me. I feel so close to her and if she was truly to go distant I’d be devastated. I have abandonment issues from years of relationship trauma and growing up with a disability, made to feel undervalued and too different for meaningful relationships

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boombang · 19/06/2024 12:28

sounds sad, and you are probably just unlucky. I hope your friendships continue - sometimes there is a bit of ebb and flo, but the friendship itself remains solid underneath