The-Mechanism
Relationship Is Healing You or Draining You
How to Tell If a Relationship Is Healing You or Draining You I have a friend I've known for over a decade, and there's this thing she does…
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The-Mechanism
Medicine and Poison
Medicine and Poison: How the Same Relationship Can Heal or Hurt You Two people I know got hurt by almost the exact same thing — a close friend bac…
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Mahid-&-Yousaf-Story
Two Friends
Two Friends: The Story of Mahid and Yousaf Begins I have this memory of my own two closest friends from a few years back — the kind of friendship whe…
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The-Return
Heart Acts on Its Own
The Separate Being Inside: Why Your Heart Acts on Its Own There's a version of me from a few years ago who would have sworn, hand on heart, th…
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The-Principle
Toxic Personality
Toxic Personality Types You Should Learn to Avoid There's a guy I used to be close with who had this habit of "joking" about everyt…
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The-Principle
Four Kinds of People
Four Kinds of People: Which One Are You? I have a friend who, the moment something bothers her, just says it. Plainly, sometimes clumsily, but out…
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The-Principle
Destroys Relationships
How Denial Slowly Destroys Relationships I once had a friend who wasn't invited to a small get-together, found out through a story someone el…
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The-Principle
The Flying Elephant
The Lies We Tell Ourselves to Avoid the Truth A friend once told me, completely straight-faced, that she was "totally fine" about not bei…
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The-Principle
Every Relationship
Why Every Relationship Either Comforts You or Disturbs You Someone once told me, "it's fine, it doesn't bother me," and I rememb…
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