"The Pain of Ending a Decades-Long Friendship: A Personal Account"

Sabrina Kirberg, a mental health counselor, shares her experience of "breaking up" with her best friend of 11 years, emphasizing that the pain was more intense than a romantic split. She went through the stages of grief and sought therapy to cope with the loss, feeling that her support system had been ripped away. Despite still thinking about her friend daily, she has worked through her feelings and learned to love herself through therapy.