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When advice-seeking becomes emotional dumping

My friend keeps asking for advice about her relationship but never takes it, and I'm starting to realize she just wants someone to witness her complaints.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The helper discovers their role is to absorb rather than solve, creating frustration about wasted emotional investment.

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