My sister has become completely consumed with her ex-boyfriend who's moved on with someone else, and she calls me multiple times a day wanting to analyze every social media post and asking me to drive by his house with her. I love her but I'm exhausted by being pulled into her obsession, and I don't know how to support her without enabling this spiral that's taking over both our lives.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes loving someone means refusing to be conscripted into their self-destruction, even when they mistake our boundaries for abandonment.
“Where Are You with Obsessive love and jealousy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.