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~impulse

I engaged in a sort of "insult battle" with a friend who likes to do that a lot.

I went too far, and in turn, he called me out on being the sole cause of most drama in the friend group, as well as insulting me for hiding behind my characters I like to roleplay as.

At least I learned not to go that far anymore.

I do have a therapist, as a note. Maybe I should be more open to her.

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~owleyarc wrote (thread):

This may be an asshole opinion on my part, but IMO if your friend likes to do insult battles, he should be able to take any hit you can give out (or at least be able to deescalate things if they get out of hand). If not, maybe he should rethink his hobby. Either way, it sounds more like something said out of spite than anything else. Hopefully the two of you will talk a bit a smooth things over soon, if you haven't already.

Also, I may be off base here as roleplay was never my thing (my fiance and some of my friends are huge into it though), but isn't a large part of the fun being able to hide behind characters when things get too hard, or at least help yourself process difficult things through it?

And I'm glad to hear it, always good to have someone who is Professionally Qualified™️ to give advice.