Our family has always said we're not just siblings but best friends, and my brother and I really believed that until our dad got sick and we had to make decisions together. Now I'm seeing sides of him I never knew existed, and I think he's seeing the same in me, and I don't know if our friendship can survive learning who we actually are under pressure.
More people experience this than they realize.
Crisis exposes whether familial friendship is based on genuine knowing or the comfortable fiction of assumed similarity.
“Where Are You with Philia — deep friendship as love?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.