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When love becomes a rescue mission

I love someone who struggles with severe depression and I'm exhausted from trying to save them, but I'm afraid leaving will push them over the edge.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to heal another through love can trap both people in a dynamic that prevents genuine intimacy and recovery.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Falling in love — the neuroscience and the phenomenology?”

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