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When friend groups turn every gathering into therapy sessions

My book club started as a way for five of us to stay connected after college but we keep choosing books about trauma and difficult topics because that's what feels 'important' and now our monthly meetings have become these heavy processing sessions that I think some of us dread.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A social group's desire for depth has collapsed the boundary between friendship and emotional labor.

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