She Opened Up About Past Trauma To Her Friend, Then Realized Her Friend Was Sharing Everything She Said On Instagram
This 34-year-old woman has reportedly had a very difficult life filled with a lot of trauma. And because of how much loss she has endured, she tends to keep to herself.
She also refrains from reaching out to friends that often anymore because she has this belief that her friends will stop being friends with her if she starts to lean on them for support too frequently.
However, she does have one long-time friend who she has known since she was 13-years-old. In fact, that friend is the only person she has left who was around and had the chance to meet her parents when they were still alive.
So, due to the sheer length of their relationship, she decided to turn to her friend whenever things in her brain became too heavy or overwhelming.
The first situation that she opened up to her friend about had to do with her brother’s death.
“I told her that someone I know at work told me that maybe I’m the reason my brother died since I told them a story from when my brother and I were kids,” she explained.
For context, her brother died when he was 34-years-old after enduring years of trauma following the loss of their mother and schizoaffective disorder.
And after confiding in her friend about that situation, her friend was very empathetic. They reportedly understood how much she had been through and told her to cut that coworker out of her life.
At the time, she pointed out how that was kind of complicated since she and her coworker obviously worked together. But her friend just told her to keep things professional, and she thought that was fair and good advice.
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Then, after she confided in her friend regarding that situation, she also opened up about a bunch of other issues.
For instance, how her family had spoken badly about her or excluded her, and how she often felt like “the odd one out” since her immediate family was deceased.
And most recently, she went to her friend one more time and decided to share an amusing story. Apparently, one of her former roommates worked with a now-defunct band they both liked and told her a funny tale.
So, she decided to text her friend about the story, but her friend shut her down immediately.
“I don’t like rumors. I only pay attention to what is in front of me,” her friend texted back.
Now, all she did was “like” the message– because she thought her friend’s point was fair, and she respected their perspective.
Right afterward, though, she noticed that her friend had posted three consecutive stories on Instagram.
And after clicking on them, she realized that her friend was sharing all of the issues she had talked about in the past– just without naming her.
She was shocked and opted to immediately deactivate all of her accounts online. She also planned to confront her friend about the stories but eventually lost her confidence to do that.
And now, she is honestly just feeling really bummed out. After all, her friend knew how hard it was for her to reach out to friends in the first place.
“I don’t mind if she talks to her friends about it in private, but I don’t know why she had to publicly do that,” she vented.
So, she is starting to feel like she has fewer and fewer friends she can turn to. And because of that, she is just really sad and wondering how to handle this situation.
Why do you think her friend opted to share her trauma on the internet? If you were in her shoes, would you continue being friends with that person? Do you believe she should leave the situation alone and move on or her friend?
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