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How to have boundaries with someone who is suffering

My coworker is going through a divorce and keeps oversharing and I feel mean for wanting her to stop talking about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Natural self-protection needs are colliding with the desire to be a compassionate person.

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