We were friends throughout my teenage years but too many times she would do something to hurt me. She always wanted to be popular and well-liked which is a big thing for teens I guess. But when we joined a new group of friends and one of them bullied me to the point of self harm and threats of suicide if I didn’t do what they wanted, my friends still stayed best friends with the guy no matter what he said or did. They told me they felt sorry for me but he was unstable and it was easier to stay friends with him than set him off. Eventually I was edged out of the group, admittedly I latched onto the friend who bullied me so I could stay friends with the group because I had no one else. My family had to talk me into ghosting the bully and my friends because of how depressed I became. I stayed friends with my original friends for another year until it all came to a head and I couldn’t take how they treated me anymore. I broke down to my friend at a party after I drank a little too much (and I’m convinced to this day my drink was spiked). I basically told her I didn’t like how she treated me, how I was only useful to her when I had any gossip, how much it hurt me that they stayed friends with my tormentor knowing how he treated me. She was embarrassed by how I acted, she ignored me for a week and when I eventually texted her asking her if we could talk she told me she was too stressed about exams to deal with me. Instead of fighting to keep this friendship of almost 6 years I let it go. And it was tough for a while but I’m all the better for it now.