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When family members share mental health struggles and trigger each other's symptoms

My teenage daughter and I are both dealing with depression and going to therapy separately, but living together means our bad days tend to spiral into these toxic cycles where we're both drowning and can't throw each other a life preserver.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healing cannot occur in isolation when daily life requires navigating the unpredictable emotional states of someone you love who carries similar wounds.

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