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Canadian Returnee · Aug 6, 2026

What Unreliable Friends Taught Me About Support

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Reflecting on toxic positivity, quiet abandonment, and what real support looks like when life gets hard.

The People Who Disappeared When I Needed Them

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Photo by Bernd 📷 Dittrich on Unsplash

It sucks being surrounded by people who like you only when things are easy. It shows up in absences, conversations that get redirected. I have spent the last few years learning because I lived through it recently with a friend I have known for over a decade and with famil…

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