Our family has this unspoken rule that we don't talk about dad's drinking or mom's depression, and now that we're all adults, we're realizing that we've never learned how to be honest with each other about hard things. Every conversation feels like we're all performing normalcy while the real stuff stays buried, but none of us knows how to break the pattern without destroying the family peace we've all worked to maintain.
More people experience this than they realize.
The family's survival strategy of avoiding difficult truths is preventing authentic adult relationships.
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