My brother and I are both trying to break out of the family pattern of catastrophic thinking that we inherited, but whenever one of us makes progress the other seems to get worse, like we're taking turns holding the family anxiety. We've noticed this seesaw effect but don't know how to change together without one of us backsliding.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two family members attempting to transcend generational cognitive patterns encounter the systemic resistance that emerges when established psychological equilibriums shift.
“Where Are You with Cognitive distortions — identification and change?”
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