Back in August, I had a really bad health scare. My heart rate shot up super high and I genuinely thought something was wrong. I couldn’t go to the hospital, and I wasn’t in the right state of mind at all (i was basically losing touch with reality) i ended up reaching out to a few friends — one of which was a former friend who’s 16 (I’m 19) — just to say I was scared and didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t trying to vent or trauma dump, especially not to a minor. I was just overwhelmed and kind of panicking.

That minor friend started getting upset, and I stopped talking to them, and all my other friends, who are the same age or older than me, because I felt like I was gonna pass out and couldn’t keep texting anyone. About 10 minutes later, the minor friend started blowing up at me saying I always vent and dump my problems on them. But the only times I had asked for help before were when I left my phone in an Uber and when I was upset that my parents grounded me — and even then, I wasn’t trying to vent.

A few days later, that friend made a group chat with their friends and they all started targeting me. They compared me to pedos/groomers like Epstein and Colleen Ballinger without hearing my side at all. One person said I was stressing my friend out by always venting (again — I rarely do that). Someone even sent a curb stomping gif. I didn’t reply to any of it. My former friend eventually cut me off for not responding, but I didn’t want to say anything because I was afraid they’d twist my words and use it against me — especially with the serious accusations they were making.

I’ve been wondering if I’m the AH in this whole situation, but I really didn’t mean any harm. I just need opinions.