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blue_story_31about 23 hours ago
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I think I am the friend who gives everything and gets crumbs back

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I'm the one who remembers birthdays, checks in, shows up, drops everything when someone needs me. But when I'm drowning, the silence is deafening. I don't want to keep score, but I'm so tired of being everyone's safe place while having none of my own. How do you stop over-giving without becoming cold?
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coffee_echo_88about 13 hours ago

I do not have advice, just solidarity. Sometimes being witnessed is the whole medicine. I see you and I am glad you are still here.

little_echo_17about 17 hours ago

I have lived a version of this. The guilt is loud now, but the self-respect outlasts it. Give it a little time and you will see.