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Advice Column Weighs Obligations to a Friend in Crisis
Original: What Do I Owe a Friend Whose Mental Illness Pulls Me Into Imagined Emergencies?
A New York Times advice column takes up a reader's dilemma: how much support they owe a friend whose mental illness repeatedly draws them into perceived emergencies that turn out to be imagined. The piece explores the balance between compassion and self-protection, a tension many readers recognising similar relationships are discussing.
Why now: Readers relate to the difficulty of setting boundaries with loved ones experiencing mental health crises.
Evidence
- What Do I Owe a Friend Whose Mental Illness Pulls Me Into Imagined Emergencies? · The New York Times
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