my friends were not 'attacking' you, seriously, these are people i've known forever and they mean TONNES to me, they were simply sticking up for me because that's what friends do and i love them to bits, i would do the same for them in a heartbeat and worse.
you're hurt, okay, i was hurt too. but some people go about it a different away. just because you're hurting doesn't mean people around you have to hurt too.