strong-friend
Why Being "The Strong One" in Your Family Is Its Own Kind of Lonely
You're the one everyone calls when something goes wrong. Somewhere in becoming the person who handles things, you stopped being someone anyone checks on.
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I Feel Like a Burden to Everyone Around Me
You typed the message three times. "Hey, can we talk, I'm not doing great." Deleted it three times. Here's why feeling like a burden isn't about what you actually cost people.
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Nobody Checks on the Strong Friend. You Know Because You Are One.
You know everyone's problems. You held Priya through her breakup, helped Arjun with his resume. But when was the last time someone sat with your chaos?