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Scenario

How siblings can maintain connection when their usual humor feels inappropriate

My brother and I inherited our dad's tendency to deflect serious conversations with jokes, but now that we're trying to figure out what to do about mom's memory issues, our usual comedy routine feels inappropriate and we don't know how to talk to each other when we can't hide behind humor. We're both lost without our default mode of being silly together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The coping mechanism that bonded you has become the barrier preventing real intimacy.

Your guide for this
Nas
Nas works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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