A conversation with a stranger feels like you’re both communicating from a distance as you both don’t know each other. However, when it’s a friend you’re speaking to, it almost feels like aimlessly walking into lines of gunfire without a bulletproof vest.

No matter what they say to you, something is always going to hurt or cause you distress. There’s just no way of avoiding it unless you destroy your friendship with them entirely. I hate how it makes me feel, something else I wish to address in therapy when the wait is finally over.