Feeling baffled and confused. My friend is staying with me and is experiencing a very deep depressive episode. Every day she talks non-stop about her problems and it's triggering me. I can't get a word in at all before she turns it back about her. I can see how distraught she is and recognize her suffering
Today she came to my sons(I'm watching my 3 year old grandson) brought us coffee and started in complaining again. I was extra triggered and stressed while trying to talk AND watch my grandson. She has a very fatalistic attitude and nothing I was saying was helping. She was not open to receive any point of view. I tried to interject and point out times when she was strong and she started crying and accused me of invalidating her and that she thought I was the one person who understood her and felt like I was competing with dysfunction. Then she left..
I feel bad. I feel triggered. I want to message her and say something like "I am struggling with the intensity of your emotions and it's triggering for me. I meant no harm but I am not trained to counsel in these extreme situations"
Do you think that would make her more upset? Should I not say anything? When she's talking I feel held hostage and am scared to say anything for fear of escalating things just like they did.

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