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When close friendships become limiting instead of supportive

My college roommate and I have lived together for three years and we've become codependent in ways that are starting to hurt both of us — we can't make social plans without checking with each other first and we've stopped growing as individuals — but neither of us knows how to create healthy space without it feeling like rejection.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people have created such a tight bond that it has become a cage, and their fear of losing closeness is preventing them from becoming who they're meant to be.

Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.