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Scenario

How to address friendship imbalance during crisis

My closest friend has been going through a really hard time for the past year and I've been trying to be supportive but I'm starting to feel burned out from always being the one who listens and gives advice. I care about them deeply but our friendship has become one-sided and I don't know how to bring up my own needs without seeming selfish when they're struggling.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

One person is drowning in their role as sole supporter while their friend is drowning in crisis, and neither knows how to restore reciprocity without abandoning care.

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