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For a long time, people came to me with their problems.

I was good at seeing patterns.
 Good at offering clean ways through things.

I thought that was connection.
 I thought that was contribution.

What I didn’t see at first was what fixing was giving me:
intensity, stimulation, and a role to stay in.

This episode is about venting, rescuing, and the quiet cost of being needed.
 About how relief can move without responsibility ever changing.

And about what you’re left with when you stop mistaking intensity for connection,  and take responsibility for the distance that follows.