To Anyone Needing To Get Over A Best Friend Breakup

Why is it that when it comes to breakups, the only ones we ever talk about are romantic? A friendship breakup can hurt just as much.

I believe that there are 3 types of friend breakups and we will discuss them in this video. I went through a breakup with a friend 5 years ago and it wasn't until now that I can actually process it and talk about it.

I hope this helps you.

0:00 Intro
0:36 Breaking up with a friend
1:07 3 Types Of Breakups
1:13 My last breakup
2:11 1. The Breakup
2:18 2. Ghosting
2:27 3. Growing Apart
2:43 How to help you
3:39 How to fix it
4:30 What helped me
5:43 Outro

[bartholetbay]

Excellent video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her

[TipsandtricksbyO]

it’s been 2 years since the breakup happened between me and my bestfriend, she was everything she was more of a sister than a friend we were inseparable. and to this day i still can’t stop thinking about her, can’t stop thinking about all the milestones i’ve missed with her, can’t stop thinking how may situation would be different if she was by my side, and it hurts like hell when i see her around and we just wave from a distance. till this day i can’t trust enough and i can’t let anyone near me like she was, and it losing people doesn’t matter as it used to. i loved your video but it didn’t really help 😅

[kittyandthekatz]

I recently broke up with a friend of over 40 years and I actually feel relieved. I finally realized how poorly she had treated me when she took one srep too far. I am enjoying being alone and at peace.

[alexalexis]

If any of us are absolutely honest, more than 90% of the time it’s only egos standing in the way of getting the friendship back up and running. Rarely does it come down to someone actually doing something that forever alters the very fabric of the friendship’s reality to the point of disintegration.

[TotallyNotADolphinIRL]

I just lost a friend of 5 years just an hour ago. He grew apart from me, then ghosted me. Leaving in the dark to just think about what I might've done to deserve it. Then finally, just an hour ago, after nearly a year, he responded. I was devastated. He was with me when I needed someone most. He was my best friend. Now I have no friends. I've already accepted the loss, cause in the ghosting.. I've already accepted it. I'm alone. With nobody to talk to. I really overreacted when I got desperate. I just need new friends who get me. Me and him.. we just.. don't know eachother anymore. We've changed.

[alphazey]

The timing on this one.... 😭😭 My bestfriend just recently broke up with me about 2 weeks ago and it's been very hard to deal with 😞I really needed to hear this right now, so thank you Joey ❤

[kashalakasha]

My best friend left me very violently and suddenly about a year ago. It’s been the worst pain of my life. I still think about them every day, it still weighs so heavy on me. I wonder if this is the type of pain that stays with you throughout your whole life

[TheAnimeMiMi]

An important info u didn’t add: not everyone is meant to stay in your life for a long time. Yes best friends, but maybe you are meant for more and that friends energy is holding you back without you knowing.

I only had one friend from middle school. According to me we were best friends. As soon as I got a job, she stopped texting back or calling. I give excuses for others all the time so I kept giving her excuses for a year and a half!! No matter how much I send messages, she reads but never replies. I call and she doesn’t answer and never calls back. Until I found her celebrating her birthday with another classmate. That’s when the last bit of hope shattered. I blocked her and deleted her from my life completely. But instead of being sad and crying about it, I felt liberated! Weird. I was very energetic and happy and creative. I realized I was tying myself with her. I went through spiritual awakening after that and I changed completely. I needed to let go of her because she was nothing order that ‘The mother I wished I had’ and I knew it. I didn’t want to get it off my concert zone. We were meant to grow apart for me to realize this.

[o.kavurko]

It’s just so hard to find new friends. I’m sick of it. I hate it.

[martiniordoqui]

I fell in love with my best friend during a short romance with her. One day I confronted her and said “you are either my best friend, or the love of my life”. She decided to stay with her boyfriend and that we should remain friends. Altough we kept living the romance for a few more days. I stayed in her life for a few months trying to respect her decision, and last week I told her it was enough, and that I needed some time. I’m drown in sorrow and pain right now.

[NatashaM-kohc]

Happened two years ago and I know it’s for the best but sometimes I still miss her.

[blauespony]

My friend and I had a falling out two years ago. It was "the break up" but started by "growing apart" and then of course ghosting (up until this day). I decided from day one not to make things nasty, not to lash out etc. Because I still care about him and I don't want to hurt him more than I had to (I was the one ending things). I don't know if we are ever going to try again. Trust has been broken massively and we both had to work on things separately. We'll see what happens.
But the only thing that will help is radical acceptance of the situation, taking accountability for the things oneself did wrong and then moving forward with life.

[RoseQuartz-fexv]

4 months ago my best friend ghosted me. Now, just a couple hours ago, I lost a close friend. She was toxic, but it does still hurt. But I am okay. And I will be okay.

[Urekorbnot]

The only truth i got know is "No one can ever be you best friend" everyone comes to when they feel benefitted. So Don't get too much attached with anyone except your parents, wife and children

[henryrivas]

3 years of talking/ texting daily. It's hard, I hope the best for him. It hurts. ❤

[KristinaStark-he]

I have gone through this twice. It hurts really bad. One of them got engaged and stopped talking to me. The other one, we grew apart but it really hurts still. She has a new best friend.

[mrob]

This helped me a lot. Found a new friend to pal around with…But I found myself to be the one ALWAYS initiating stuff and sharing / giving… and getting back very little response and sometimes none at all. Truly lopsided …and I feel that it’s my fault for investing so much of myself…I feel that I wasted my time, but to be honest I feel hurt most of all. I think for me is to take steps back and stop trying to force a friendship that I guess existed only on a somewhat superficial level. It’s the stepping back and the unknown that is the hardest.

[junioremmanuel]

Thank you joey really this was really really helpful I'm currently going through this with a friend, a girl especially number 2 ghosting... She keeps sending millions of messages and if do respond my response is always short and is not pride or anything is just how I feel. Thank you joey this video really spoke to me and resonates with me on a high level watching from Nigeria much love from Nigeria

[robertsongaryj]

Yup, that hit about as hard as expected. Thanks for understanding

[kathyboxx]

I have had one friend ghost me several times in my 66 years of life. I'm told, "It isn't about you..." This last break was the final straw. With time, I've come to believe that this one friend has deep personal issues. Perhaps she harbors a personality disorder. Time to move along.