Have you ever experienced sympathy fatigue? Your friend or relative has been having a hard time and you want to be supportive, but no amount of tea or sympathy is having any impact. It's as if they want to wallow in their misery out of choice and they go over and over the same old stories and worries that you've heard a thousand times before. Nothing you say or do has any impact. It's bringing you down. In the end, you may start avoiding them. Or maybe you've been that person? This episode unpacks what's really going on in their heads and why they can't stop it - and provides some clues as to what can be done to help.
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