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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like her brain is stuck in a negative place. When she thinks she messed something up, did she? Is she seeing reality or everything with a very negative lens?

Is she using you to deal with her emotions? I've heard this is happening more & more with Gen Z. They don't know how to process their emotions & parents become the way they process them...it's not the best strategy tbh.[/quote]

I think she definitely does. I actually never call her. I don't get a chance to because she is the one who calls, at least once if not twice a day. I'm not remotely overbearing: her brother is also in college and I talk to him once a week or so, a text here and there. And as far as did she mess up or not, yes, she often does mess up, but not in huge ways, like she'll get a few points off a test for not including something, will have a bad day at work...Then the big existential stuff is always popping up, the negative self talk about her major not being a hard or "smart" major. I am having a hard time between understanding she wants to vent and finding the venting hard for me emotionally because it's so much so often, and it's also not helpful at all for her. But I don't solve her problems or decide for her.[/quote]

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