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I really appreciate it when someone asks me "do you have the mental and emotional bandwidth to listen to me?" It gives me the opportunity to recharge my energy levels before diving into listening to their emotionally charged situation. It also allows me to remember that I am not a rubbish dump and I can choose not to get "offloaded into"... they can offload, but it doesn't mean that i have to receive it and carry it for them. I can simply allow them to offload and not attach to anything they say.