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When mutual support between grieving friends becomes codependent depression

My best friend and I both went through major losses this year — her mom, my marriage — and we've been each other's lifeline, but lately our conversations have become these spirals into darker and darker places and I'm worried we're enabling each other's depression instead of helping each other heal.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two wounded people clinging to each other while sinking, unable to tell if their bond is salvation or drowning.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and mental health — when grief becomes depression?”

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