My teenage daughter and I are both dealing with depression and we've started therapy separately but there's this weird dance where we're trying to protect each other from our own darkness and I think we're actually making each other more isolated. Neither of us knows how to be honest about our struggles without feeling like we're burdening the other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people's individual healing journeys are creating a protective distance that paradoxically increases their shared suffering.
“Where Are You with Autism spectrum — lived experience?”
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