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Scenario

When friends in similar crises can't truly support each other

My friend and I are both going through divorces and we keep giving each other advice that reflects our own situation rather than really listening to what the other person needs. We're both desperate for support but we're not actually connecting because we're projecting our own experience onto each other's pain.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people facing parallel struggles are finding that shared circumstances don't automatically create understanding, and their attempts to help each other are clouded by their own unprocessed experience.

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Hypatia
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