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When family members need different things from the same support system

My mom and I have been going to Al-Anon meetings together since my dad's been in treatment but I'm realizing we process things really differently and sometimes her way of sharing makes me feel exposed or misrepresented. I don't want to abandon the support but I need some boundaries.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared healing spaces can amplify rather than resolve interpersonal dynamics that need separate attention.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as psychological process?”

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