I'm having trouble replying to friends who are too negative
I would like to ask you a question for the first time.
I have a few friends who are former colleagues and occasionally eat meals even after they quit their jobs.
Among them, I have a friend who was very cheerful and friendly when we actually met, but the exchange of emails and phone calls during the months we hadn't met was very negative, and there were only complaints and negative remarks...
I immediately reply to emails and incoming calls that arrive day and night, and listen to stories.
However, when I say something that gets to the core, it is said that they have been ignored, that they have gotten sick, that they are already going to bed...
Even if you give advice or talk about bright topics, of course they are ignored and overwritten with negative words.
If it's a light complaint, I'll ignore it, but when people say that it's sad, empty, that there's no point in being alive, that time is standing still... etc., I feel like it's a serious problem, and I receive and answer it, but no matter how many years have passed, the content of my worries hasn't changed, and recently I feel dark every time an email comes in.
I don't seem to show this aspect to my other friends or family at all, and I have a feeling that I have to listen... and I feel like this opinion is usually ignored, so it's just an outlet.
I honestly don't know what to reply to.
Isn't there a magic word that would make you feel even a little bit more positive...?
