My teenage daughter has complex regional pain syndrome and our family has reorganized around her pain — my other kids feel invisible, my marriage is strained, and we're all walking on eggshells trying not to make things worse for her. We love her but we're drowning and nobody talks about how the whole family is suffering.
More people experience this than they realize.
When one person's pain becomes the family's organizing principle, everyone suffers in silence around the edges.
“Where Are You with Pain — acute and chronic management?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.