🚨 Trigger Warning: Discussion of friendship breakups, rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD), and toxic friendships.

Friendship should feel safe. It should be easy. You shouldn’t have to overthink every text, worry that your bad day will make someone leave, or feel like you’re “too much” just for existing.

But what happens when a friendship no longer feels like that? What happens when trust is broken, when you’re dismissed, or when you realise that being in someone’s life is causing you more stress than happiness?

Here’s the thing: I do not go back to ended friendships. Ever. Not because I hold grudges, but because I hold boundaries. If I can’t trust you, if I have to second-guess my place in your life, if you’ve shown me that I can’t rely on you—then that door is closed for good.

💬 In This Episode:

✔ Why I do not revisit ended friendships (and why that’s self-protection, not bitterness)

✔ How rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD) makes trust nearly impossible to rebuild

✔ The emotional toll of friendships where you feel like you’re too much

✔ That friendship group who speculated about my postpartum depression but never checked in on me

✔ Why friendship should be drama-free, easy, and accepting of both good and bad days

✔ Why toxic positivity isn’t real support

💡 Key Takeaways:

• If your friend can’t take you on your worst day, they are not worth your time on your best day.

• You are not “too much.” They are simply not enough for you.

• Walking away from a friendship that no longer serves you is not cruel—it’s self-respect.

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You are not broken. You are not too much. And you deserve friendships that feel safe, real, and accepting of all of you.

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