One of my friends has become so draining, I don’t know how to politely stop speaking to her. I don’t really have the energy to deal with that situation so I’d rather just put up with her here and there for summer classes but I just wanted to vent about how draining she’s become. She’s so pessimistic it’s too much

confront them about it first, and explain how their behavior is negatively affecting your relationship. cofrontation is always key. i think a good friendship shouldnt go to waste over something that can possibly be fixed. if you arent seeing any changes in their behavior, then it’d be a good call to cut them off

I would also confront them about it before cutting her off, she might genuinely not realize how negative she’s being or that it’s bothering anyone. After that if she isn’t willing to work on it maybe cut her off :)

I agree with others. Please confront her bc she might be struggling or not realize it. Last year was hell for me bc of a shit job and getting fired , and getting dumped, finding out I have ocd etc so it was pretty normal to be negative and instead of my best friend explaining the issue and talking with me , i was just left in the dust with no explanation. I’ve even had a friend say I love you but my mind can’t handle your negativity on top of mine so I have to step away from our friendship for a bit

I feel ya, I had a friend who was like that. Tbh I just cut em off, just like that no warning. It was hard at first I felt like I was taking it too far , but I feel p good now tbh . It’s hard to “break up “ with a toxic friend but a good way to start is to just block them or stop hitting them up

yeah i understand too, i remember that happened to me last year, someone from my class kept messaging me how depressed they were and i tried as much as i could to help them, but they didn’t really message anything other than that and they didn’t really befriend me? i felt odd too trying to establish boundaries