
Dear Eric: I am a college student in my mid-20s, and I keep losing friends. Some friends have ghosted me, some got frustrated with me when I tried to figure out why they ended a friendship with me, and some have said that I talk about my problems too much, but they still want to be friends. One friend just lost their mom and told me what happened but before that, they had not been responding. I feel some friends are genuinely setting boundaries, but I feel some are using that as an excuse to not speak to me or be around me as much. I am going to counseling regularly and I am trying to practice self-compassion. What should I do?