Hey Pandas, Share Your Toxic Friend Stories

I've had a couple of toxic friends so far. One of them was so obsessed with proving me wrong and doing whatever she could to make me feel dumb. She made me feel really stupid and like I would never get anywhere in life because everything I said or did was a joke to her, even if it was something I genuinely believe in or worked hard on. Constantly being treated like an idiot really hurt me and I really struggle with self-acceptance issues. It can be really disheartening to work hard on something and everything turned into competition all the time, and for somebody to care enough about making you feel like you are not worth enough to constantly do better than you. it was super hard because we had been friends for a long time and our parents were friends. I felt like everyone saw her as the superhero and me as the dumb blonde sidekick whose life is a joke. I was always stuck in her shadow, and I died a little inside every time she received praise time after time.