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How to Handle Blame You Don't Deserve

My daughter blames me for her father's suicide and I've been carrying that guilt for three years, not knowing if I should defend myself or accept her anger.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're absorbing someone else's pain because you can't bear to let them carry it alone.

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