Confessions - my friends just talk, they never listen

The Therapy Edit

Anna Mathur

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Today Anna tackles a new anonymous Confession from the Therapy Room;

"I seem to only have friends that talk. Whenever I meet up with any of them and ask how they are, they just drone on and on about their own problems without ever asking if I'm ok!"

Anna replies with some compassionate advice and tips that will help everyone, regardless of whether they can relate to this confession or not.

Please note - the names and voices of some of the Ask Anna/Confessions contributors may have been changed at their request.

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0:38.6	apply welcome to the therapy edit i'm your host psychotherapist and author anna martha i
0:44.7	will be bringing you bite-sized episodes twice a week full of tips wise words from expert guests
0:50.8	and insights to support your mental well-being.
0:56.5	Hey everyone, I hope you're well.
1:03.4	Today for this episode of The Therapy Edit, I have an amazing confession from the therapy room that someone has shared anonymously.
1:05.9	And it's a really meaty one.
1:08.2	And I've got quite a few notes.
1:09.8	I'm really excited to get stuck in to this because
1:12.7	I think it's going to be really helpful. So I'll go, I'll go straight in with a confession.
1:18.7	I seem to only have friends that talk. Whenever I meet up with any of them and ask them how
1:24.6	they are, they just drone on and on about their problems without
1:27.9	ever asking me if I'm okay. How I had, oh, I mean, this just sparked off a whole load of
1:37.5	thoughts for me. And I think it's really common that some of us can find ourselves in the caring friend role permanently. And that's
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