My brother and I both feel like disappointments to our parents in different ways and we've started bonding over it, but now I'm worried we're just reinforcing each other's sense of not being good enough instead of actually supporting each other. Our conversations have become these sessions where we validate each other's failures.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sometimes mutual understanding can become mutual limitation when it centers on unworthiness.
“Where Are You with Self-Worth in Relationship Context?”
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