I am shocked to learn someone i thought of as a good friend here

He confessed to me that he was the one attacking me on my other profile behind my back. He had this poisonous thought about me because he felt i made him feel inadequate. I asked him why would he feel that because i ensured i always responded to him.

His logic was he wanted to be this big man on threads.

He said he even was abusive publicly to me but i laughed it out and it outraged him (because i thought he must be joking as usual because i trusted my friend can't abuse me seriously).

He was in fact one of the few people I used to chat regularly with and we used to mostly joke around.

Whatever he did behind my back was noticed by a friend of mine who he wouldn't name and that friend of mine said to him that he doesn't deserve my friendship and that he has a small mind.

Today he wanted to come clean.

He confessed to me that he even reported my other profile which i never understood then who was attacking my profile while he continued to talk normally like a friend to me then. It was such a harassment on my other profile that i had to create this new account.

He apologises today and says he is a backstabbing prick but surprisingly no negative thought comes to my mind about him because I'm so shocked that i am still processing it.

So many months of regular chatting, sharing and joking and when he does this bold confession today how am I expected to react ?

I am definitely not angry. Am i disappointed? No. Am i hurt? I don't know. But am i too shocked to feel anything? Yes.

Do i feel foolish? Yes.

Edit: He messaged me this just now. Is this for real?


Edit: with consent