@mindful.by.b: Ending a relationship with someone who leans on you for everything is one of the hardest things to do. But staying out of guilt isn’t love, it’s just delaying the honesty you both deserve. #breakups #endingrelationships #longtermrelationship #codependency #relatiinships
My therapist said it’s because we eventually view them as another child and we don’t abandon children.
2026-08-08 15:44:44
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Kiki :
okay but... what if they'll be homeless ON TOP OF all that? I can't do that to him.. like.. I'm so stuck
2026-09-05 23:06:38
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jengood008 :
Oh boy, this is really for me. I did this a few weeks ago and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
2026-08-06 16:42:07
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ashlee :
What is so hard is they guilt you so much when you want to leave! They don’t see that we want more for them and they will recover and hope they find someone new that is better suited for them. It kills me to see him in so much pain🥺🥺🥺
2026-08-06 02:46:54
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hannahlr77 :
It's hard because I've been their person for so long, but they stopped being mine. It became entirely about them, and she kept making these awful decisions that everyone warned her about, but she'd act like a victim. Everyone else has left her, it's just me now.
2026-08-07 15:42:25
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nat⋆.ೃ࿔*・˚ :
how to leave someone when THEY are your only support system😭
2026-09-17 21:27:59
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mam1923 :
I’m in this boat right now, but I’ve come to realize that he’s a 40 year old man and his inability to maintain his male friendships long term isn’t my problem but ending it is so much easier said than done
2026-08-07 14:57:55
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𝕮𝖍𝖊𝖘†𝖓𝖊𝔜 𝕮𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖗 :
My main advice on this is don’t allow yourself to become someone’s only support system. Distance distance distance! The minute you notice someone being clingy is the time to cut the cord asap
2026-08-08 18:17:00
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bjbrackin :
It helped after I realized the reason they didnt have a support system is mainly because he pushed them away by being destructive.
2026-08-07 20:56:10
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G :
I’m trying to breakup with a dismissive avoidant. But she relies on me for everything and guilts me into staying every time but still doesn’t change
2026-08-07 20:24:36
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♡ :
this was me in my recent relationship and it hurt so so much. i felt absolutely horrible, because i felt my leaving would ruin their life. it's still been hard to move past because the guilt constantly eats me alive
2026-08-07 22:55:01
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Эля :
it hurt so bad i felt like i will ruin his life but i couldn’t handle that anymore
2026-08-30 20:57:19
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Léa :
Rule number 1 : never become someone’s ONLY support system. If someone is leaning on you too much, distance yourself before you end up supporting their own weigh
2026-08-10 08:29:04
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sally_the_pumpkin_queen :
The timing is crazy
2026-09-01 00:00:43
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cc7me :
And then they bring out the manipulation and weaponization of trauma.. we’re having a great time over here
2026-08-08 18:31:19
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itsmelissadelarosa :
But what about when you and your family are his only support system…. Due to him coming from a shtty family who belittle and mistreat him. He’s an amazing person but allows them to get him so sad n depressed that you always get the ugly version of him and the sht end of the stick because his own fam only wants to see him down and bad 🥺
2026-10-02 18:27:39
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Tony :
I can’t just be your only friend.
2026-08-07 14:52:12
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Floatingelder :
It’s sooo hard to communicate this with people that don’t understand
2026-08-10 04:20:04
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ashley the mystic :
my ex partner didn't have any real friends, and that was part of the reason we grew apart.
2026-08-07 04:05:49
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Lindsey Perry ✨ :
I was his main comfort person but he also treated me worse than anyone. I specifically told him I couldn’t be his support system AND his (emotional) punching bag.
2026-08-07 18:05:24
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🧿DenimJeans️🧿 :
not to mention, if you harbor any resentment, it will come out in your actions and your words more than you realize, until the damage is already done. over time you get jaded, and you may not see your lack of empathy until you've hurt them.
2026-08-25 21:20:43
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🄰nthony :
I stayed one year longer in a relationship because every time I try leave the person cry and say they do bad
2026-08-09 16:50:53
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Stephanie Kroll :
Hi it’s me. I will be doing this in 2 weeks and I have paid for everything for 5 years. He needs to figure his life out.
2026-08-08 21:46:55
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tone453toomh :
i giving support while she was drowning me
2026-08-08 18:14:02
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here_anywhere⁷ :
This is such an important topic. 2 years after I ended things, he told me I shouldn't have abandoned him at his lowest. And that he was finally getting better.
But he got better because he HAD TO. Years passing, I had lost hope he would. Do what you gotta do eventually. I didn't do it for him, I did it for me. You deserve to live your life too.
Sometimes I think he was my soulmate, but I would do it again any day. I'm happier without him.
2026-08-28 14:54:50
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