My teenage daughter and I used to be close but ever since the divorce she's been angry in ways that feel bigger than just being mad at me, and I don't know how to separate what's about the family falling apart from what's normal teenage stuff from what might be about me specifically.
More people experience this than they realize.
Adolescent individuation becomes entangled with family crisis in ways that make it impossible to know which wounds belong where.
“Where Are You with Love in midlife?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.