Psychologists Say These 5 Red Flags Mean Your Friendship Is More One-Sided Than You Realize

Friendships are one of the only relationships you actually choose, which makes it especially exhausting when you’re the only one acting like it. A 2025 review in a psychology journal put some hard numbers behind what most people feel intuitively—reciprocal friendships are associated with better mental health, lower stress, and higher well-being. Imbalanced ones do…