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context: I believe that people should support one another, absolutely, but sometimes people get caught up in their own misfortunes and that's okay. I would only cut someone off if they were actively and maliciously not supporting me. >
  
  Agreed. But I don’t wake up & go “hm, who should I compete against today?” like I certain someone I know. I refuse to compete with anyone. Period. >
  
  Maybe that's them trying to seek help, but it just comes out as competition for whose life sucks the most. Maybe instead of letting go of this "friend", see if they need some support with the struggles they are going through. Be the change you want to see kind of thing. >
  
  You don’t understand how much I’ve tried to be there for her hoping she’d reciprocate but nope. All she does is take take take & make everything about her. I’m just done. >
  
  I just do it for myself honestly. Gave up on expecting anything in return a long time ago. Not everyone has the same mindset as myself, or morals. But I get that. I have had to say goodbye to friends in the past because of how taxing they were on me without even a seconds thought to how their constant taking effected me. >
  
  Don't try to make people your therapist >
  
  Friendship is tolerance. Not demanding they think your way. 
  You were clearly not a friend to begin with. >
  
  False. I feel like I was more a friend to her than she was to me. It just gets exhausting after a while. >
  
  In 2019 as a 16 year old I was diagnosed with Lymphoma. I ignored everyone in my life except for myself, it went into Covid so again I pushed everyone away who wasn't going to help me so I could focus on myself. I wouldn't be alive today if I bothered to help the people around me instead of myself.
  I didn't lose anyone because I was polite about it and spoke of my situation and that was it.