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Scenario

When close friends get stuck in shared pain and stop growing through it

My best friend and I both went through divorces last year and we've been leaning on each other heavily but lately it feels like we're stuck in a cycle of just rehashing our pain without actually moving forward. I'm starting to worry that our friendship has become about staying wounded together instead of healing together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who found comfort in their similar struggles are now wondering if their mutual support has become a mutual prison.

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Patan
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