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When a parent's helping becomes enabling with a depressed adult child

My adult son struggles with depression and I've become so focused on managing his moods and trying to help him that I've lost track of my own life, and I think my hovering is actually making his depression worse but I don't know how to stop without feeling like I'm abandoning him.

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