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FFS.. I gotta cut ties from this friend

I don’t think I can do this. She’s super sweet, but also habitually self-destructive and constantly in crisis mode, ever debilitated by something that apparently makes it impossible for her to be proactive except by dumping her sob story on anyone who will listen to manipulate them into rescuing her. It’s exhausting to have to have so many boundaries with this person and to feel guilty for it like today when I was very gentle about it all, but the mere mention of them getting a counselor for additional support got me hung up on. I don’t need this stress. I intentionally pruned out all the people in my life who had a ‘lay down and die’ default coping mechanism.
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Dolomite · 31-35, M
I know the feeling. I’ve gotten really good at walking away from that type. They’ll just move on to the next person and recite the same thing over and over, never wanting their problems to be solved because it energizes them. I Hope cutting ties doesn’t hurt too much. The relief from not being around that energy will be so nice. Enjoy