Do you know someone who has a chronic medical condition, and it seems like that’s all they can talk about? And maybe this person is a dear friend and part of a long-standing group of friends, and when you’re all together, this one person goes on and on about their ailment? Pretty soon, everyone is annoyed and tired of offering suggestions, and exhausted by the medical play-by-play.

The human thing would be to begin to exclude the person. That’s a normal reaction and isn’t the most caring one.

If this truly is a dear friend, a more caring response is benign silence. This isn’t shunning – it’s letting the person talk until she realizes that it’s not a conversation anymore, it’s a soliloquy. The rest of the group is passively and silently attentive…no eye-rolling, no knowing glances to each other…just silently attentive.

It won’t be long before the dear friend shortens the medical saga, and maybe eventually even eliminates it. Voila! Your friend is a better person and more fun to be around – it’s a win/win!

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