Many months ago I had some friends who lied to me about drama they were in. During one of the worst times for my mental health, I got extremely paranoid and exploded in a flurry of delusion and conspiracy at the other side of the drama. I've only today learned that the whole situation was twisted to make my friends seem good and I lost many, many friends because of a complete lie. The worst part is these same people dropped me after all of this despite me (in my head, at least, at the time) trying to actively step up for them. I feel so betrayed and manipulated. I spent months isolating myself to focus primarily on the issues that all of these issues were stemming from and I felt so horribly alone in that process. I went through so much heartache, grief, and misery because of the lies. I lost so much. These were terrible friends, in retrospect, and I should have dropped them earlier. I hope one day they obtain the insight to know how other people feel as a result of their actions.