I’ve been reflecting on my close relationships from my early-mid twenties (now 27) and idk guys…. So many of them I’ve fallen out with after realizing the friend/boyfriend was really manipulative and insecure. I’m talking guilt tripping, gas lighting, triangulating, many tactics that became clear only looking back in hindsight. Luckily I have a few good friends I can trust but it makes me weary about meeting new people and new relationships. This has mainly been with people who approach me first/pursue me rather than me initiating the relationship.
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Absolutely. It’s very difficult now to reconcile certain behaviors with the blind acceptance I exhibited which has led to a constant inundation of intrusive thoughts that plague my current being.