AITAH Grief Edition
To paint the picture, I am always everyone’s emotional support human. I’m the one that will be there in your time of need no matter what time of night. People use me as their free therapist, they come to me for advice, and I will stop what I’m doing to hear them vent. Recently, for the first time in my adult life, my world got flipped on its head with a family medical crisis that is soaking up all my time and attention and frankly my mental and emotional strength. I’m finding that some who frequently are coming to me with their problems, I have little patience for given what’s going on in my life. I have one friend I try to vent to and she immediately spins it to how her situation is so much worse when I’m talking about life and death.
Basically I’m reaching the point where I think I need a break from the day to day people so that I can focus on being there for my family and also there for myself. Because if I have to be encouraging to them on top of everything I’m honestly burning out.
So AITA if I tell them that for the time being I can only focus on my family and my needs, and they will have to lean on one of our many other friends for support?