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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.

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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.

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