Wow. This brought me to tears. It absolutely says what I feel right now. You say so succinctly what I feel so greatly in my heart. I feel robbed of friendships -- I have three locally, that is it. I used to have more, but then the truth was shown. It's a feeling of utter abandonment, of rejection on the most hurtful level of humanity. Those whom you believed to be your closest allies in life, other than your spouse, really are not.
It is no different than adding yet another disease to my plate. Thank you for writing this. I know no one will probably even see my response, since the original message is dated 2005, but it still stands true for me, in 2007.