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Scenario

How to support a depressed partner without losing yourself

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.

What we've seen

The desire to help someone we love can gradually transform a romantic relationship into a caretaking dynamic that serves neither person's deeper needs.

Your guide for this
Hypatia
Hypatia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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Peri

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