Friendly reminder that your life is IMMENSELY better off without 'friends' who are nice to your face yet come up with lies about you behind your back to try and turn others against you.
It's a detriment to your happiness and your peace, you don't deserve that immature chaos.
Some will gaslight you, pin blame on you, use you as a scapegoat for things you didn't do, but that's just because they're too emotionally immature to take accountability for their own faults and refuse to say "I'm sorry, I own up to what I did and will work towards trying to improve and grow."
Feb 3, 2026 16:51But we are not personally responsible for someone else's happiness nor personal growth, only our own. If they refuse to grow then that's on them, and if you've outgrown them? That's ok.
Surround yourself with people that will only add to your happiness, not take from it.
I've had my fair share of toxic friendships, but I also have so many good ones, and the world is so much bigger than the toxic ones we've been hurt by that we tend to focus on. The toxics are simply stepping stones we learn from, learn red flags to look for, learn our boundaries, and move forward.
Does it hurt? Incredibly so. I've mourned the loss of the idea of what someone used to be to me, but the pain doesn't last forever, I promise.
There will be a day where the person who hurt you won't be the first thought on your mind, and when that day comes, it's a sign you're healing. 🤍
Sorry for the random vent. I've been through so much hell and chaos over the last 4 years, but I'm finally in a place of peace where I'm happy, surrounded by people who genuinely care about me. These last few years felt like a horrible fever dream, but I'm finally out of it.
If what I've experienced can help just one other person going through the same, then this was worth sharing.
I do vents like these at times because it just helps remind others that I'm human with emotions too, not just an art machine pumping out content, y'know?
Thank you for listening. ;v; 🤍
PS if someone else believes the lies the toxic friends say about you and take their side before even asking for your side of the same story, then that person wouldn't have been a good one to keep around to begin with ~
Real friends will tell you when someone else has been talking shit about you lol
