....even if it may be difficult to hear?  I realise the truth is not always a fixed mark - it may be slightly, or very different for each person.  The reason I ask is that SD31 got dumped a month ago by her current boyfriend whom she'd been seeing for a year or so.  I think she was just too much for him - he even told her that, in a way. His father died a couple of months ago and he didn't have the emotional bandwidth for SD31 and her constant crises.  
I don't see her any more since 2022, but DH went down to visit her a fortnight ago, and she is in a bad way, apparently.  She kept saying to him "why do men keep dumping me?" (this is the 3rd in 6 years) and of course he didn't tell her.  I think I would have tried to find a way to tell her she is an extremely high maintenance person, and it would be worthwhile toning it down somewhat.  
She is never on the phone to DH for less than an hour, often much more, and he comes off those calls absolutely exhausted.