FRIENDSHIP

Hi
Over five years ago, I had this friend of mine and she was the best thing I could ever have, I could vent to her and she didn't judge me but one day we had this huge argument over things we were venting to one another and ended up insulting and putting each other down.
She is someone whom I did anything for if she needed me but when I needed her she always came up with excuses.
To cut the story short, she and I are no longer friends and ever since then I can't seem to have friends in my life, the friends I do have, I can't vent to or fully show my emotions coz I'm afraid their gonna judge me.
How do I overcome this and be more genuine towards new people in my life?

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Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

I have a story. I had friends betray me and it was so scary to trust new friends. I kept seeing new friends but it never lasted. Despite this I kept welcoming new people.

One day I ended up in an online war game where I joined an alliance of other gamers. I was terrified to open up. But I did. I chose one person to open up to and went from there and turns out we all had the same fear of being judged. We all had been betrayed by people we loved and so we all connected great.

Almost everyone of us left the game because we rather just hang out and chat. The game was only fun because we had eachother there but now we can just chat eachother up outside the game.

The moral of this story is. Keep going. Don't let a few mismatches stop you. Keep going.