Do Your Friends Treat You Like A Therapist?
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Julia Austin
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Setting a precedent
Hartwell brings up an important point about how to respond when a friend emotionally dumps. You probably do have great advice and wisdom to impart. However, that doesn’t always mean you should give it – that can set the precedent that this person can treat your friendship time as a therapy session. So even if you do feel you know just how to solve your friend’s life problems, you have to ask yourself: “If I do this, am I creating an unhealthy precedent?” There’s value in saying, “Maybe you should speak to a therapist about this. I’m not the best person to advise you on this.”
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