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Why Supporting a Friend Through Crisis Can Feel Overwhelming

I told my best friend I would be there for her divorce but now that it is happening I feel overwhelmed by her constant need for support and I am starting to avoid her calls.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to help collides with personal boundaries when another's pain becomes too much to hold.

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