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Article created by: Rugilė Baltrunaitė

You hear that? That sharp, splintering crack? Was that a plate breaking? A window smashing? Nope. That was the sound of someone’s heart splitting in two after losing a friend they thought would last a lifetime.

It belongs to the people below. Their friendships ended suddenly, painfully, and for reasons they never imagined. Take a moment to read their stories, and if you have one of your own, feel free to share it in the comments. Letting it out might help.

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#1

Two young women outdoors, one consoling the other who appears upset, illustrating brutal friendship endings. She told me I need to stop being a “Debby downer” minutes after being diagnosed with cancer 💀

carleyrich1 , EyeEm/freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #2

    Red Make America Great Again cap placed on an open book, symbolizing brutal stories of friendships ending. She voted for Trump. That’s it, that’s the tweet.

    Arabella The Super Villain , Natilyn Hicks Photography/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #3

    Person lying on a bed wrapped in a white robe and purple blanket, illustrating stories of friendships that ended brutally. once I woke up struggling to breathe with a pillow over my face 😃

    Anazsynthetic<3 , ManuelTheLensman/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #4

    Two women in a kitchen, one comforting the other who appears upset, illustrating friendship conflicts and brutal endings. She came to my house, sat me down, read a list of reasons why she hated me, watched me cry, then asked for help with a Snapchat feature 💕

    Eden , freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #5

    Concert stage with a large crowd watching a vibrant performance, illustrating emotions tied to brutal stories of friendships. I took her to the eras tour with me and when I asked her for the money for her ticket she ghosted me and hasn’t responded since. We’d been friends for 8 years.

    Lori , Stephen Mease/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #6

    Woman with curly hair taking a photo of a person against a brick wall, illustrating brutal stories of friendships ending abruptly. she recorded my sa

    lifeofagirl , Keira Burton/pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    #7

    Two women in a heated argument in a kitchen, depicting brutal friendship conflicts that ended in unhinged ways. My ex friend used to be like my Wallace Wells. Super witty and charming. A class act. But after she transitioned her whole personality changed overnight. She was very, uh, forward about her body and wanted me to look at it. At the same time, my house was destroyed by flooding, my dog passed, and I was in the middle of a semester living in a hotel. I didn't really have the mind space to acclimate to my friend's new personality. This made her VERY upset. I tried to give it space but there was just SOME way she wanted me to act. We fought about it every day for a week. The final straw was her getting so god dang upset I didn't have a raving opinion about her new fursona while I was in the saddest chapter of my life. I blocked her and cried all night. 6 years of friendship down the drain.

    AnjoBwee , Getty Images/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #8

    Man helping woman stretch on yoga mat outdoors, illustrating brutal stories of friendships ending in unhinged ways. My fav is when our old gymnastics coach use to t0uch us (we all bonded over it and agreed that it happened) and i reported him, she decided to testify FOR him and lie on the stand.

    tyler , Yunus Tuğ/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #9

    Young woman by a lake at dusk, illuminated by phone light, reflecting on brutal friendship stories that ended unhinged. When I was blacked out drunk, like passed out, she tried to steal money from me by using my face id to pay a payment request she sent from her phone to me, I didnt know till next morning when I got 12 A notification on my search engine that said that the payment failed, she probably couldn’t get in my bank account, never said anything about it and I regret that

    Elke ⚭ ❔ , Becca Tapert/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #10

    Woman in red dress looking shocked and upset at a man in blue shirt, depicting brutal stories of friendships ending. she and a group of my "friends" knocked on my door asked me to go on a walk with them, i did and they were going to shoot me, they had a gun and pulled it out on me...

    •Garlic• , Ethem Günhan/pexels (not the actual photo) Report

    #11

    Woman sitting alone on stairs, looking anxious and distressed, representing brutal stories of friendships ending unhinged. Her boyfriend pulled a gun and was threatening to unalive us all on my 20th birthday and she still stayed with him

    Kat , rawpixel.com/freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    #12

    Person holding a water bottle outdoors near a black dog on a leash, capturing moments of friendships ended in unhinged ways. Tried poisoning me by putting ground up mechanical pencil lead in my water bottle because I was rude to them

    irl thistle 🚪🪓/📼🪱/〽️🪣 , A. C./unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #13

    Young woman with oxygen tube sitting on hospital bed, reflecting on brutal stories of friendships that ended unhinged. Cut me off when I got diagnosed with cancer.

    Ohare air , Kateryna Hliznitsova/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #14

    Group of young people socializing in a dimly lit room, capturing intense moments of friendships ending in unhinged ways. Was in the club with me telling random guys everything about me which was my deepest darkest secrets and then i got a message the next day from a random guy telling me my whole life story

    Lucie , Ilya Yakubovich/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #15

    Two women outside, one comforting the other in distress, illustrating brutal stories of friendships ending dramatically. lied about her dad being 💀 because she wanted her life to be extremely similar to mine

    leevie latoyah , EyeEm/freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #16

    Two women on a couch having a heated argument, illustrating brutal stories of friendships ending in unhinged ways. i told her a mutual friend sa’d me and she called me a liar and said that if i told anyone i’d ruin the guys life

    Cori🤍 , bilahata/freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #17

    A woman in black mourning clothes with a red rose, overwhelmed with grief, representing brutal friendship endings. when my dad died she never said sorry for your loss to me because “she wasn’t the one who killed him”

    𝒦 (𝒸𝓁ℯℴ𝓃𝓈 𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓈𝒾ℴ𝓃) , Kateryna Hliznitsova/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #18

    Two women on a couch, one crying and the other offering water, depicting brutal friendship struggles and emotional tension. Lied to my face about having CANCER FOR 4 MONTHS and said that she had a 50% chance of survival.

    💲💲 , Nini FromParis/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #19

    Three friends sitting at an outdoor table having a lively conversation about brutal stories of friendships ended unhinged ways. She was narcissistic and manipulative. She would always make degrading comments towards all of our friends and go “I’m just kidding” while laughing after. There’s much more too.

    Megan , Getty Images/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #20

    A man angrily yelling at a woman during a heated argument symbolizing brutal stories of friendships that ended. let her bf beat us both up then took him back

    amelia , freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #21

    Two women wrapped in blankets, holding coffee cups, sharing a moment that hints at friendships ending in unhinged ways. She realized she liked me, couldnt accept that she was queer AND IN LOVE WITH ME (found this out thru her friends), so instead she told me she hated me, and that i made her someone that shes not

    Ashtro :) , freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #22

    Three women smiling and high-fiving indoors, portraying friendships before they ended in unhinged ways. She wanted to take my place and steal my best friend and when she couldn’t she freaked out, started actual life ruining lies about me and still stalks me 4 years later 💀 I want to forget about her so bad but she refuses to leave me alone

    Alec / Crow 🇵🇸 , freepik (not the actual photo) Report

    #23

    Two women at a table with phones, one looking upset while the other smiles, illustrating friendships that ended unhinged. Became so obsessed with me and acted like we were in a relationship 😭😭

    F.khxn_x , john amachaab/unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #24

    Three young women whispering and sharing secrets, representing brutal stories of friendships ending in unhinged ways. actively made it her mission to befriend people that disliked me. after i cut her off over it, they became a friend group so now my friends and i joke that i have a hate/fan club

    999 , freepik (not the actual photo) Report

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    #25

    her and her mum spent £500 on uber eats on my card ✌🏽

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    #26

    Constantly left me out, body shamed me, spread untrue rumors, turned one of my friends against me, and the best part… went with my ex to homecoming a week after we broke up!

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    #27

    Person wearing gray socks standing on a white scale on a textured black floor, symbolizing brutal stories of friendships ending. forced me on a weighing scale so she could prove she weighed less than me 😆

    Anya 🦒✨ , Annushka Ahuja/pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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