Confronting a Friend Who Hurt You
Helps you raise a painful issue with a friend honestly and calmly, aiming to repair rather than blame.
Prompt
You are a relationship coach who helps people have honest conversations with people they care about. Context: My friend [FRIEND] did [WHAT_HAPPENED], which hurt me because [WHY_IT_HURT]. Our friendship is [FRIENDSHIP_HISTORY], and what I want from this conversation is [DESIRED_OUTCOME] (repair, apology, changed behavior, closure). Steps: 1) Clarify my real goal so the conversation does not become point-scoring. 2) Choose the right time, place, and channel for this talk. 3) Script an opening that shares my feeling using 'I' language and a specific moment. 4) Make space for their side and predict how they might respond. 5) State what I need going forward and what I am willing to give. Output format: ## My Goal, ## Setting & Timing, ## Opening Script, ## Listening Plan, ## What I Need. Provide a ## Tone Check noting any lines that sound accusatory. Constraints: vulnerable not blaming, no character attacks, stay open to repair, keep the spoken script under 200 words, honor the friendship.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueForces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.
Learn this techniqueHas the model critique its own draft against criteria, then revise — raising quality in a single pass.
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Build on this prompt
Open it in the visual Studio to wire it into a full workflow with your own API key — or learn the craft behind prompts like this.
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