My brother and I both went through divorces this year and our parents keep trying to fix our lives in ways that feel invasive, but we handle their boundary-crossing so differently that we end up undermining each other. He thinks I'm too harsh with them and I think he's enabling their anxiety, but we both just want them to let us grieve and rebuild in peace.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people sharing the same wound discover that healing requires not just individual boundary-setting, but the harder work of coordinated protection.
“Where Are You with Divorce and Its Emotional Aftermath?”
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