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Has anyone of generation Z noticed the massive amounts of sensitivity when it comes to having to listen to you friends or loved ones problems. I've heard so many people tell their friends that they can't talk about their problems with them because that person "wasn't in the right headspace" or was "dealing with too much of their own stuff".
I'm not against setting boundaries, but at what point does that mindset become selfish? A friendship inherently is about having an emotional bond with someone and being willing to support the person your in that kind of relationship with.
All modern friendships have become so majorly transactional.
The difference between having someone that's genuinely oversharing with or overwhelming you compared to just confiding in you needs to be established. Ups and downs of friendships exist and if one cannot allow their 'friend' to emotionally share with them they are objectively a bad friend.
A lot of the new mental health awareness trends have almost shoved the more hard to talk about parts of having shitty mental health under the carpet.
Share your thoughts on this with me :)
-CRO!
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Sylphide
Yeah, it's quite the tight rope to walk in this situation. Personally I think it might be kind of a learning curve, like everything. When we're toddlers, we learn that we can say "no" to stuff, then we (given it's a safe environment to do so) start saying "no" all the time. Eventually, when we learn what "no" does for sure, we start to rectify how we use it.
At the end, we do need to keep in mind that the oldest of GenZ have barely started learning how bounderies in relationships can even be set, especially within traumatic situations, so it's a process to learn how to do it correctly.
However, the fact this post is here should be a good sign that we're starting to do so, so I think that's neat :D