My brother and I both experienced childhood abuse and we're the only ones in our family who acknowledge it happened, but he deals with it by cutting off all family contact while I'm trying to maintain relationships with boundaries. Every family gathering becomes this silent tension between us about who's handling things 'right' and I feel like we're losing each other too.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two trauma survivors are discovering that their different approaches to family relationships are creating distance between them.
“Where Are You with PTSD and trauma?”
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