So what do you do when someone says they want help feeling better, but they really just want you to feel their negative emotions with them?
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Sometime someone will test the other to see if they can be pushed away. The emotional equivalent of “give me your best shot, I can take it.”
E.g. Masculine hazing rituals are used to make sure people can “take it”. That criticism can be taken without wilting, dependability etc... the feminine/emotional equivalent wants to be sure there is no abandonment in face of any “truth”
