When I get depressed or stressed, I tend to withdraw hard. I've ghosted friends for months at a time before. The guilt that comes with a relative ghosting makes it really hard for me to reach out again and usually I instead just let go of the relationship.

But I had a frank conversation with someone I recently withdrew from and it feels like there's still a friendship there for us both. So it's tentative and covered in bandaids, but we're on good terms again.