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How to stop being everyone's emotional caretaker

I'm exhausted from managing everyone else's emotions but I don't know how to stop being the person they all come to.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Caretaking identity becomes so entrenched that setting emotional boundaries feels like abandoning core self.

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