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8 signs someone is emotionally draining you while pretending to care

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8 signs someone is emotionally draining you while pretending to care

If someone makes you compliment, you assume they are kind. If someone offers to help you think they really care. But sometimes everything is not quite clear. Some people seem to support support but leave you when you communicate with them. They act like they have your best interests in the heart but somehow you … Read more

I never realized how exhausting I was to be around. Here’s how I learned to stop draining people without losing myself.

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I never realized how exhausting I was to be around. Here’s how I learned to stop draining people without losing myself.

I was wondering why people left time with me dried. The conversations would start lively, but until the end, I would notice subtle shifts. Less eye contact, shorter answers, some gravity in the air. Some friends even began to leave, more often canceled plans or for a longer time to answer. At first, I thought … Read more