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female
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30-35,
anonymous
writes:Okay, so I have a friend who is extremely emotionally attached to me and I don't know what to do. She tells me constantly that if it weren't for me and her boyfriend, she'd kill herself. She is extremely self-loathing to the point where every time we hangout she has to point out how skinny she wants to be or how fat she thinks she is. She cuts and doesn't have a very good relationship with her parents so she's in a fragile state. She is seeing a therapist though. I want to be a friend, but still distance myself from her because it brings me down and she makes me feel bad for being happy. I really need help, I've never dealt with someone being emotionally dependent on me like this, I'm only 17. Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (24 July 2011): This is verified as being by the original poster of the questionYou're right. I just really feel some sort of obligation to be her friend. That isn't true friendship. I just don't want her to do something stupid because "I wasn't there for her".
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