My brother and I are both in analysis with different therapists and we've started sharing insights about our family patterns, but now when we talk I find myself interpreting his behavior through what I'm learning about repetition compulsion and I think he's doing the same to me, and it's creating this weird dynamic where we can't just be siblings anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family members pursuing parallel analytic work are struggling to maintain natural relationship dynamics while integrating psychological insights about shared family patterns.
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