I've just lost my best friend

I've just received a message from who I thought was my best friend of over a year saying that, although she thinks I'm 'kind' and 'always want to do my best for everyone' I'm also 'too emotional' and 'downright annoying' (these are all direct quotes) and she never wants to speak to me again; she's asked me to not to contact her. This has come out of the blue; I swear I have done absolutely nothing...or at least I don't think I have. She didn't say I'd done anything, just that she 'doesn't like my personality' and she hopes I'll 'cherish the memories of our friendship, even though she doesn't want to be friends anymore'.

This has sent me into a spiral of despair, but I know she has every right to end the friendship if she's not happy. Am I overreacting? How will I get over this? Am I going to fail every friendship I'm in for the rest of my life? It's devastating, and all the worse for having been given no right of reply and no clear explanation, apart from the fact that 'she needs to concentrate on herself and I'm too emotional'. Which I suppose is fair enough...do I have a right to be upset?

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  • I am sorry. I am terrible at keeping friends so I can’t offer you much advice. Only to say, maybe the fact you are upset suggests you are a caring friend. I understand it must be very difficult not being able to reply or even defend yourself. It does seem strange to me there can not be any dialogue regarding it all.Take good care of yourself and try not to blame yourself. I am sure there is more too it than just you.

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  • I am sorry. I am terrible at keeping friends so I can’t offer you much advice. Only to say, maybe the fact you are upset suggests you are a caring friend. I understand it must be very difficult not being able to reply or even defend yourself. It does seem strange to me there can not be any dialogue regarding it all.Take good care of yourself and try not to blame yourself. I am sure there is more too it than just you.

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