My partner is going through depression and I want to be supportive but I am starting to feel like their therapist instead of their girlfriend and I do not know how to bring this up without seeming selfish.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to help someone we love can gradually transform a romantic relationship into a caretaking dynamic that serves neither person's deeper needs.
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