i love this post i has a toxic friend who would always gaslight me and make me feel like i’m the sensitive one she would insult me and manipulate me 247 then laugh at me when i couldn’t react in time she would put me down for adhd symptoms and make me feel ashamed prediagnosis for being disorganized in friend groups i was the bunt of the joke because of my reactions and how easy it was to hurt my feelings or pick on me solely because my brain cannot process jabs in time and i just react with emotions instead of logic it made me depressed always crying and anxious wondering why i’m the one who is the bunt of jokes and “slow” i know how intelligent i really am but i had major imposter syndrome from her mental games i put up with it for four years one day i realized much later how i was being put down and abused for laughs i eventually ended the friendship i just resonate with the fact that things don’t hit us until later and our sensitivity makes us vulnerable to abusers it makes me almost tear up how i thought there was something wrong with me but i read all these comments and see i am not alone in this i hope my prescription coming in friday will help me with emotional regulation and perception when people are saying things to me wish me luck