My three closest friends from work and I all got laid off in the same round of cuts six months ago and we keep meeting for coffee to 'support each other' but it's become this competitive thing where we compare job search progress and I can feel us starting to see each other as competition instead of support. None of us knows how to talk about it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared crisis is revealing how scarcity can poison the very relationships meant to provide comfort through difficulty.
“Where Are You with Loneliness — the epidemic and the experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.