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Repairing a fractured friendship

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sallyb79x · 06/02/2022 19:22

My closest friend has severe mental health problems and had a really awful time of it last year with things that were completely outwith her control.

Things got a bit tense between us and although I basically let her walk all over me, she decided to withdraw and blocked me on all social media and on text/whatsapp.

I'm confident that she will come around sometime and I'm finding myself wondering whether to challenge some of her behaviour. She really upset me on many occasions and I let it slide because I knew she was struggling. Is it worth having it out with her and letting her know how some of her actions affected me or should I just be happy that she's mentally well again?

If the answer is to let her know- just a general 'you really hurt me' or an itemised list of examples of her behaviour? Part of her illness is lacking self awareness.

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endofmytether4 · 07/02/2022 19:33

I'm going through some hard times just now and I think if I had hurt friends I would want to know about it.

Let her know you love her and are glad she's feeling better but that your feelings matter too. Maybe only produce her list of offences if she's completely blind to how she might have caused hurt.

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