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How to love someone whose pain becomes your crisis

My teenage daughter self-harms and I love her but I also feel angry that she is doing this to our family.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear for a loved one is mixing with resentment about the impact of their suffering on your own life.

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