How to manage emotional dumping, when someone unloads their problems on you


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Thursday, 10 Apr 2025

When we perceive somone as dumping their emotional burden on us, we tend to suffer ourselves. — ZACHARIE SCHEURER/dpa

You may have been on the receiving end of “emotional dumping”.

It’s when someone, without being asked and regardless of whether you’re prepared to ­listen, unloads their problems on you. The conversation is typically one-sided and can be very draining on you.

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