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When support groups become unbalanced by one member's chronic crisis

Our friend group started a monthly gathering to support each other through various life transitions but it's become a space where the same person dominates with their crisis every time and the rest of us don't know how to address it without being cruel.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A well-intentioned mutual aid structure is being destabilized by unequal emotional labor and unexpressed group boundaries.

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