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Why some struggles get family sympathy while others don't

My sister came out as gay ten years ago and got all this support for being 'brave' but when I told my family I'm struggling with depression they said to just think positive.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Family systems often validate certain types of challenges while dismissing others, creating hierarchies of suffering.

Ideas that help explain it
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