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I met my best friend
with her toxicity instored.
I loved her still
until she got
harsher with
her words.
She would
put me down
to bring herself up.
She would joke
about my illnesses.
Rudeness dripping
out of her like
salt on my
wounds.
She spread rumors
to be my only friend.
Privacy was another
thing I'd never get.
Monitoring who I was with,
checking my phone without permission,
she did all sort of things.
She would threaten to leave
and other things that scared me.
Now I found someone else,
he helped me deal with her.
When she threatened to kill herself,
he called the police to arrest her.
Child endangerment, they said.
The thing is I still see her in halls
and she still messages me
from different accounts.
I'm recovering but
I can't say I'm
the same,
panic
attacks
messes
with
your
brain.
-manipulation,
anonymous #17.
