Regarding the situation with your friend. She repeats patterns, she looks for abusive men so she can be the victim. But you are the caregiver, and if you had stayed in that role, she would have managed to turn you into a throwaway friend archetype. I think you were right to set boundaries.

I don't care about people anymore, when I do something I do it from my heart and when I see that it is not reciprocated I leave without calling attention to it. I also don't give explanations to anyone if they ask for them. We are all adults now. And people know perfectly well what they are doing, no matter how much they deceive themselves.

Thank you very much for your article, it is always a pleasure to read you.