Just seeing if anyone feels so overwhelmed when someone relies on them too much? I’m such an empathetic person and take on other peoples problems as if they are my own which really affected me over my lifetime. I am a single mum that raises my child entirely alone for 3 years now, I’ve become so independent and doing so well within my recovery journey but I just feel my skin crawl and very agitated/overwhelmed when someone relies on me too much. I have a new mum friend I’ve been friends with her for a couple months now and she’s incredible but she can be very codependent and it’s something that has been getting to me more and more as time goes on. She can be very negative about life and the world too, saying things to me like “I use to be positive too” so shutting down my positivity which gets to me also.. I don’t know what to do at this rate because I know it’s only going to affect my recovery journey and interfere with my home life which I cannot afford as I’ve come so far.. has anyone been in a similar situation? What did you do? Again, I raise my child alone, constantly doing therapy appointments, I also work 4 days a week and live on my own with my son so my schedule is already chaotic (in a good way) but I’m just becoming overwhelmed by her…