My best friend was my main support when I became a single mom, but now that she's going through her own divorce, we're both drowning and trying to be strong for each other at the same time. We're not admitting that we can't actually hold each other up right now and it's making both of us feel like we're failing at friendship on top of everything else.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people in crisis are maintaining the fiction that they can be each other's primary support, creating additional pressure when honest acknowledgment of their limits might offer relief.
“Where Are You with Single Parenting?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.