Hello, I could really use some help with this one. About a year ago, I found myself trapped in a rather abusive relationship with a controlling partner that forced me to cease contact with nearly all of my friends on Snapchat. Now that I'm free again and the dust has settled, I'm attempting to re-establish contact with some of my Snapchat friends - with little success.

Some contacts I blocked; and I was able to re-establish communication after unblocking and adding them from my blocked list. Others, I simply "removed as friends" and have absolutely no idea what their usernames were; and I have no "removed friends" list to reference.

I reached out to Snapchat support via Twitter and email, with absolutely no success. I clearly stated my problem and asked only for a list of usernames I had previously communicated with from my account. (Clearly not a violation of anyone's privacy, as I would obviously have had these names before since I'd previously communicated with them.)

Unfortunately, Snapchat replied to my detailed inquiries with only pre-drafted responses barely relevant or related to my actual request. I've given up hope for their help at this point.

So, my question boils down to this: Without being able to use any other platform to re-establish contact with my lost friends, how can I go about finding the usernames of people I once communicated with but no longer have anywhere in my friend or conversation list?

Any help is sincerely and graciously appreciated. (If a solution lies within a third party app or program, I am confident in my abilities to utilize these tools successfully - heavy tech background.)

Thank you so, so much for your time.