Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When a friend keeps returning to the same relationship, it can feel like you’re trapped in the cycle with them. Do you tell them exactly what you think, keep your mouth shut or admit that you can’t keep having the same conversation?
Psychologist Louize Carroll joins Jennifer Zamparelli to discuss compassion fatigue, boundaries and the difference between honest support and judgement disguised as care. Plus, why people go back, whether no contact works and how to face the ex everyone called a bastard.
00:00 Intro
00:47 On again/Off again
02:29 Break ups
05:45 Louize Carroll
06:55 First step in getting over it
10:02 Talking to friends about it
13:30 How to be happy
16:50 Break up sex
20:05 Co-parenting
23:00 Friends and family
27:18 Why keep going back?
30:15 What can a friend say?
33:49 Cutting someone out
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
When a friend keeps returning to the same relationship, it can feel like you’re trapped in the cycle with them. Do you tell them exactly what you think, keep your mouth shut or admit that you can’t keep having the same conversation?
Psychologist Louize Carroll joins Jennifer Zamparelli to discuss compassion fatigue, boundaries and the difference between honest support and judgement disguised as care. Plus, why people go back, whether no contact works and how to face the ex everyone called a bastard.
00:00 Intro
00:47 On again/Off again
02:29 Break ups
05:45 Louize Carroll
06:55 First step in getting over it
10:02 Talking to friends about it
13:30 How to be happy
16:50 Break up sex
20:05 Co-parenting
23:00 Friends and family
27:18 Why keep going back?
30:15 What can a friend say?
33:49 Cutting someone out
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
