#toxic friends

[mellarkslovergirl]

Maturing is realising you needed to cut them off despite all the good times because of how drained and shitty they made you feel

[ri0ting]

you may need to hear this: cut them off.

people know what they’re doing. there is an intrinsic human knowledge of how relationships & friendships are meant to work. you don’t need to teach them how to treat you like a person. yes, there is a learning curve to every relationship where you learn how to mesh with each other, but you should not have to advocate for being treated with basic human decency.

nobody brings enough to the table for you to willingly put up with mistreatment. if you are safe to leave, then this is optional, and you have a one-up over them in this situation. don’t threaten to leave, just go. even that is a waste of your time. they should already know how to treat other people like they’re human. there is no excuse.

[hayatheauthor]

"Why do you care so much about accidentally leaving people out?" Because I've had friend groups where they were the planets and I was their Pluto.

I've had friend groups where our dynamics revolved around a Sun, with everyone vying for their attention if only to bask in their light for a mere moment. Where our thinly strung bonds collapsed the second our Sun left.

I've had friend groups where they bonded as Saturn's rings, finding solace in their shared shortcomings while isolating those more talented than them.

But I've also had friend groups where we bond as Neptune and Uranus—so similar we could be known as twins. Friend groups like Venus and Earth: so awfully different, yet it was those differences that kept us together.

And I would rather create a social system like the latter than the former.

[goddessdiary]

When you’re uniquely and authentically you, you attract like-minded people that are meant for you. That’s why when you’re unhealed or insecure you attract the wrong people. If you’re a butterfly but care what moths think of you and try to act like a moth, you attract moths. If you take a step back, get to know yourself, and embrace who you really are, then and only then will you align with those that you’re meant to align with. Think about it, how can your future companion or friends find you if you’re disguised as someone else? Be unapologetically you, love yourself, heal yourself, and let go of the need for validation from others. Not only will you feel more free and become more confident, but you’ll become magnetic towards the people that were always meant to find you. Once you’re truly yourself and confident in your own skin, it will be as if everything is in black and white, and you’re the only thing in color to the right people.

[moonssnail]

Some snippets from Coven, an early 2000s horror/fantasy video game made by me and my friend... hopefully in a month or two I'll be able to post a link and everyone can play it!

if you like mysterious items and ancient homemade websites and ruminations on what it means to have a complicated friendship that isn't working, this could be big news for you

[chau0kun]

BAD THINGS SCENE 11 REWORK SPOILERS

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[selfhealingmoments]