Your Friends Aren't Therapists
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Defining Friendships: Medium Ties, Emotional Imbalance, and Horizontal Balance
Reframe your friendship expectations by exploring the refreshing value of "medium friends" and learn essential frameworks to diagnose and correct emotional imbalance in your closest ties.
Short Summary
- Identify why low-stakes "medium friendships" provide significant mental relief.
- Learn to recognize when close friendships become draining, one-sided emotional labor exchanges.
- Apply the concepts of horizontal versus vertical relationships to assess friendship equity.
- Discover how to navigate complex relationship issues, including when to speak up about infidelity or address relocation stress.
Alex launches a new "book club" segment using external articles to stimulate thought outside immediate life concerns. This installment clarifies the spectrum of friendship, moving from acquaintances to the inner circle, focusing heavily on the benefits of moderately engaged friendships. Crucially, Alex introduces psychological concepts like horizontal and vertical dynamics, providing listeners with active tools to evaluate if their core friendships are mutually supportive or dangerously imbalanced.
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Top Comments (10)
the timing of you putting this new format out with actual concepts, ideas, theories to learn and explore with ur audience is EXACTLY what ive been looking for right at this point in my life. perfect first topic !!
Obsessed w your solo episodes, I pretty much exclusively listen to them lol you are the best
As the friend who is the therapist friend I appreciated this!!!
All my friends are my Medium friends lol. Closest family, including spouse. Being too close with a friend is overwhelming for me, and feels like I'm overbearing. I love medium friends.
"Your friends aren't your therapist" is such a hot take, but I'm soooo glad to see you talking about this!
I was literally talking about this with my therapist on Friday, I found myself leaning on my friends way more than I should. My therapist gave me ways to help manage stress on my own
The best thing on Sundays is your Sunday Sessions!
"we can only be so much to everyone, and then also show up for ourselves" - Alex Cooper I literally got goosebumps because of how relatable this was
perpetual medium AND therapist friend here: i actually live in the dichotomy of never talking about my problems so i don't scare them away & having safe people that i always open up to. it's just so hard to balance it all.
Ughh yes I totally agree! Romantic relationships are so much more straight forward because the expectations & rules & boundaries are obvious. After high school/ college friendships stop being clear. Especially single vs partnered friendships
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Top Comments (10)
the timing of you putting this new format out with actual concepts, ideas, theories to learn and explore with ur audience is EXACTLY what ive been looking for right at this point in my life. perfect first topic !!
Obsessed w your solo episodes, I pretty much exclusively listen to them lol you are the best
As the friend who is the therapist friend I appreciated this!!!
All my friends are my Medium friends lol. Closest family, including spouse. Being too close with a friend is overwhelming for me, and feels like I'm overbearing. I love medium friends.
"Your friends aren't your therapist" is such a hot take, but I'm soooo glad to see you talking about this!
I was literally talking about this with my therapist on Friday, I found myself leaning on my friends way more than I should. My therapist gave me ways to help manage stress on my own
The best thing on Sundays is your Sunday Sessions!
"we can only be so much to everyone, and then also show up for ourselves" - Alex Cooper I literally got goosebumps because of how relatable this was
perpetual medium AND therapist friend here: i actually live in the dichotomy of never talking about my problems so i don't scare them away & having safe people that i always open up to. it's just so hard to balance it all.
Ughh yes I totally agree! Romantic relationships are so much more straight forward because the expectations & rules & boundaries are obvious. After high school/ college friendships stop being clear. Especially single vs partnered friendships