Ways to Cope when your Best friend become your worst Enemy.
It's painful when your best friend becomes your worst enemy.
You feel betrayed and you struggle to understand how someone so close to you could drift so far away.
Many times there are hurtful recriminations that you struggle to understand – and there may be some responsibility on your end as well.
In many ways, losing a close friend is worse than a break up, because this is your person, your confidante, your bestie.
However, there are ways you can cope when your best friend becomes your worst enemy.
1. TRY TO TALK IT OUT
The first thing you need to do when your best friend becomes your worst enemy is to try and talk it out.
It's best if you can do it when you feel the friendship starting to slide into enemy territory, but if that's not possible, at least give it a try as soon as possible.
You may need to wait until certain wounds scab over or until tempers cool a little, but if you want to salvage the friendship, it's worth a shot.
Understand, however, that talking it out won't always be possible.
2. TAKE TIME TO GRIEVE
As I mentioned, the end of a friendship is sometimes even more painful than the end of a romantic relationship.
Give yourself time to grieve it, even if things do end up getting better.
Losing your friend hurts, and you won't be the same again.
You may not be able to trust another BFF any time soon, and you need to give yourself time to deal with that.
To be continued.....
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