Try calling her more frequently, make plans together maybe once a week...I don't know...Go to a movie, have a dinner, take a walk and talk about what's new. You may even include your other friends...So you go out as a group...

What do you think about it?

I had a friend like that, we were very close and we shared so many experiences together for the first time but it did not last. As my ed got worse I became quiter and we both drifted apart. I did miss her at first but I realised that our friendship was a learning process for me and for her, although I don't think she sees it that way yet. She thought me alot, not always good things but we shared things and we learnt things but in the end it wasn't to be.
Some people come into our lives for reasons, seasons or life times and they make an impact on us no matter if its only for a short period of time. Perhaps it is an intuition thing and if it is then you can talk to her about it. I think you could ask yourself why you would be sad if you weren't friends anymore? What is it that being friends with her gives you and then see can you find those qualities in yourself. Often if you do not get along with someone its because they reflect apart of you, you may not like or have not really gotten to know yet, the same goes for the people you do like. When you are friends with someone and you like certain things about them its usually because you see in them things you like and accept about yourself. I don't know if your friendship will last but if it doesn't try and fill your sadness with your own quailites. You may fill sad because you think you are going to lose something in you that she has but you won't as long as its in you it will always be there you just have to work on making it stronger and so even if you don't see her she will always be with you because the things you like about her will always be with you, in you.
I do hope your friendship lasts but people do grow apart and its not that they don't care for each other its just that they need to learn something else, something about themselves and sometimes that means taking a break to find out what you want and need.
It doesn't mean your not a good friend, its means she repects you enough and trusts you enough to be able to tell you that she needs time for her.
I hope this works out well for you and keep us posted k

take care!

Thank you both for your replies - much appreciated. Kelly, you mention about trying to call her/include her more, but unfortunately that is not an option, as during a conversation we had over a month ago, she did tell me that she felt she needed some space - it just feels like, I hardly ever see her anymore, unless it's meeting a mutual friend (fellow recoveree), or at the centre I attend.

Butterfly, everything you say I know to be true. It really feels that she's pushing me away, but hasn't actually said anything more than needing space. I don't know if it's my imagination or not - the friend I mentioned it to, felt that it probably was a gut instinct on my part though. I'm not sure if i'm trying to fight the fact that we may be going our separate ways.

I know that ever since I was a kid, i've always had this fear of losing those close to me. I the fact that I am a twin is true (mum was told when carrying me that she was expecting twins), this would make so much sense for me. The reiki practitioner mentioned once, that she got an inkling that I had a dead sister (she did not know about the supposed to be twin story) - kind of scary though. I have never been told what happened there - was in an error on the gynaecologists part, or was there in fact, a twin.

I respect my friend so much, but it's kind of hard - I guess it has happened probably because when she was going through a vulnerable time last year, I made myself too available to her. It just seems as if it has backfired on me now though.

Sorry for rambling so much...

You are not rambling...Relax....I have a question though...Is it possible that you were too available to her and she misunderstood your actions? Could she have wrongly understand that you want from her more than friendship? Or could you have been too pushy for her?...Wanted to spend too much time together? How much time did you use to spend with her compared to your other friends?...Just as much...Less...Or more?