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When self-protection becomes indirect harm

I've been avoiding my depressed friend because her negativity drains me and just found out she attempted suicide last weekend

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protecting our own energy can inadvertently abandon others at their moments of greatest need.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist karmic justice — cause and effect?”

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