Our friend group has this one person who always dominates conversations and makes everything about them, but they're going through a really hard time right now so none of us feel like we can say anything. We're all starting to avoid group hangouts and I can tell the friendship is fracturing but I don't know how to bring it up without seeming heartless.
More people experience this than they realize.
Compassion for someone's struggles is preventing necessary boundaries that could preserve the group.
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