Does anyone else feel like they need new friends after cancer hit their life? Some friends have been helpful, most haven’t and I feel a lot of resentment. Even with the ones that have been helpful, I still have a resentful feeling that they are able to “dip in and out” of my life (which is hell at the moment) whilst they carry on with theirs. I understand the world can’t stop turning, but it feels incredibly lonely and unfair.
I feel as though when I’m through all of this treatment, I’m going to be a totally different, negative and scarred person who can’t relate to the people I knew before. Seems harsh, I know - just being honest. Does anyone else feel like they need new “people”?
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