How To Know When Your Friendship Isn’t Worth Saving

About this episode

The episode discusses how to determine if a friendship is worth saving based on insights from therapists.

We’ve all been there, friendship drama is real, but how do you know if it’s worth your time and emotions to keep making the effort. This week, a fascinating article in the Washington Post highlighted what therapists go over the three signs that tell you it’s time to reevaluate the friendship. Remember, with the right friends, it rarely feels like “work," but we all have to recognize that most friendships need maintenance.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• friendship
• relationships
• self-evaluation
• mental health
• emotional well-being

Keywords

• friendship drama
• reevaluate friendship
• therapists advice
• emotional effort
• friendship maintenance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post

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