Recently, I hurt someone, and that someone deactivated their account. They will deny it and say I didn't, and I never intended to, but I added to the stress and anxiety they faced in their life and all because I took them for granted, took what I had with them for granted, pushed them unfairly and acted in what most would consider to be a manipulative way. Again, this person would deny these facts, but I know them to be true. I suffocated them, scared them with my thoughts, and I am sorry to put that on them. This person was smart, beautiful, kind, intelligent, strong... And I took them for granted, I always did. I never cared as much as I should have for their thoughts, their feelings. To me, they were a friend who I just assumed would always be there - but I did that wrongly. Everyone has issues and problems, anxieties and stresses, and in the case of this person, I added to hers. I am sorry for that. I want her to be safe, well and happy, and she won't see this, most likely, but I want to say it because it matters to me, because she matters to me. If only as a friend, she is my closest friend. I took her for granted and I now know that I never should have hurt her in the way I did. So please, be safe. Be well. Be strong. Heal. Rest. Fight onwards. I am sorry.

Please, everyone, if you read this, don't take your friends, family or partners for granted. Try and understand their feelings, try and reach out to them, try to show them you care. Respect them, support them, and, most importantly, don't ever accept that they will always be there, because life, because stress, can get in the way.

Protect those you love.