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17 Ways to Support a Friend in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship

She tells you everything is fine, and you both believe it for a while. If a friend is slipping into an emotionally draining relationship, your job isn't to rescue her — it's to be the steady presence she can come back to. Here are the 17 ways that actually help, written the way I'd tell them over coffee.