
anonymouswebuser
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- Feb 27, 2025
- 96
Summary: stuck with my supposedly -emotionally manipulative- friend because he manages to make me feel guilty when i think of leaving him so i can't yaaay i love my life<333
Breakdown: I have a 'friend' I got to know last year, I got to know him at a particularly rough time and he noticed that so he was being one of the most caring friends ever he was there for me when no one else was so naturally I got attached to him (no, I don't hold romantic feelings for him) and our friendship went on he discovered my hobbies and is now asking for my work to help him in projects or to just gift them to someone else and I without a thought would comply
but ever since then when I enter a depressive state he's more neglecting or rather he just does half hearted attempts at offering any sort of support, only does it when I'm actually on the verge of shattering or when it takes me too long to get back to normal myself or when he needs me for his projects
As time went on I felt like our friendship became a little bit toxic but I kept quiet which is a mistake I admit of and he didn't discuss any boundaries either, we'd have more arguments than usual because of my mental health and he'd resort to withdrawing any sort of affection or support and resort to silent treatment because he knows I'm already attached to him so I will come back either way but on his side I've come to realize he doesn't need me for anything more than just favors of any kind
I'd always feel like I'm the one at fault and apologize whether it's actually my fault or not in the argument and in every argument I'd always feel guilty he puts words in my mouth that I didn't say about him personally I sometimes would argue back but in the end it's all the same result: I come back to him like a dog.
The people I talked to about him kept calling him emotionally manipulative in which I guess they're right
Ever since I actually read about that term he matches the description to a painfully accurate degree but sometimes I feel like he's not actually like that and that I'm just overreacting and playing victim which just makes me question who's actually in the wrong
Sorry for this long ahh thread
Breakdown: I have a 'friend' I got to know last year, I got to know him at a particularly rough time and he noticed that so he was being one of the most caring friends ever he was there for me when no one else was so naturally I got attached to him (no, I don't hold romantic feelings for him) and our friendship went on he discovered my hobbies and is now asking for my work to help him in projects or to just gift them to someone else and I without a thought would comply
but ever since then when I enter a depressive state he's more neglecting or rather he just does half hearted attempts at offering any sort of support, only does it when I'm actually on the verge of shattering or when it takes me too long to get back to normal myself or when he needs me for his projects
As time went on I felt like our friendship became a little bit toxic but I kept quiet which is a mistake I admit of and he didn't discuss any boundaries either, we'd have more arguments than usual because of my mental health and he'd resort to withdrawing any sort of affection or support and resort to silent treatment because he knows I'm already attached to him so I will come back either way but on his side I've come to realize he doesn't need me for anything more than just favors of any kind
I'd always feel like I'm the one at fault and apologize whether it's actually my fault or not in the argument and in every argument I'd always feel guilty he puts words in my mouth that I didn't say about him personally I sometimes would argue back but in the end it's all the same result: I come back to him like a dog.
The people I talked to about him kept calling him emotionally manipulative in which I guess they're right
Ever since I actually read about that term he matches the description to a painfully accurate degree but sometimes I feel like he's not actually like that and that I'm just overreacting and playing victim which just makes me question who's actually in the wrong
Sorry for this long ahh thread