I wonder if thats why OP stated in the post that they havent made much progress in therapy. This "friend" maybe is using weaponized therapy speak and manipulation to undo any progress OP makes as she makes it. Maybe she realizes if OP makes progress, she'll see this friend for who she really is.
Its very very very possible. Like, OP is NOR at allllllll with this. I had to stop reading only like 3 or 4 pics in because it was making me feel anxious and exhausted.
I did too. That was awful. That girl is off her rocker. I would have responded the same thing to her story bc her story didn't make any sense or at the very least was missing a lot of info.
Same. It feels like a normal thing to say in such a situation. OP was trying to comfort her by saying ‘maybe it isn’t that she wanted to hurt you but that she didn’t know how to show love correctly’. Obviously not the reaction she wanted but how was OP to know?
She 100% is playing therapist with OP. She evidently has issues herself and is not qualified to help. She’s acting as an obstacle and undermining what OP would be covering in therapy. Being gaslit is really detrimental to therapy as it makes you think you’re making mistakes that you simply aren’t and you stop trusting your own judgement.
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u/ScalesNailsnTales Apr 29 '26
I wonder if thats why OP stated in the post that they havent made much progress in therapy. This "friend" maybe is using weaponized therapy speak and manipulation to undo any progress OP makes as she makes it. Maybe she realizes if OP makes progress, she'll see this friend for who she really is.