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When performative support masks unprocessed emotions

My daughter came out to me last year and I thought I handled it well, but I realize I've been performing acceptance rather than actually examining my own feelings about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to be a good parent can prevent authentic emotional processing of challenging revelations.

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