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Why High-Functioning Adults Are Quietly Burning Out — The Hidden Cost of Always Being ‘The Strong Friend’

Therapists call it the ‘competence trap’: the high-functioning adults everyone leans on are quietly burning out. APA, Pew, Fed and McEwen-tradition stress research on the real cost of always being the strong friend.