My sister has untreated antisocial personality disorder and my brother keeps trying to 'fix' her with his people-pleasing codependent patterns, and I'm caught between wanting to protect him from getting manipulated again and not wanting to be the family member who gives up on her, especially since our parents refuse to acknowledge that anything is actually wrong.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family systems can become organized around accommodating disordered patterns, trapping everyone in roles that prevent genuine connection or change.
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