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When a friend becomes emotionally draining

I have been friends with Katie for ten years but lately every conversation turns into her complaining about the same problems and I love her but I am starting to dread her calls.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your loyalty is being tested by the repetitive weight of her unprocessed pain.

Ideas that help explain it
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