Does it make sense to put pressure on someone to go into therapy if a friend is suffering from increasing depression and anxiety and is overwhelmed at work?

I have known him for 7 years. When I met him, he told me he had ADHD and a severe inferiority complex. Due to his upbringing, he experienced a lot of criticism and pressure to perform, and he increasingly felt like a loser who wasn't good enough for anyone and who only received criticism. Over…

Needs, boundaries: Do you explain yourselves in the family?

Hello everyone, topic of personal needs and own limits: If your needs as adults (!) are different from those of your elderly parents – do you explain this, or do you act without explanation as you can or need to? Sometimes (older) parents have completely different family ideas and needs than their adult children. Then…