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How to handle a friend who takes over group dynamics during crisis

Our friend group has this one person who dominates every conversation and makes everything about them, but they're also going through a really hard time and we don't want to abandon them. Half of us have started making plans without them and the other half thinks we're being cruel.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Compassion and self-preservation are pulling the group in different directions, creating fractures that serve no one.

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