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When parents and teens both struggle with mental health

My teenage daughter and I are both dealing with depression and we've started therapy separately but sometimes I wonder if we're enabling each other's worst habits at home and neither of us knows how to break the cycle without feeling like we're abandoning each other.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people sharing a condition can become trapped in patterns that feel supportive but actually reinforce the very struggles they're trying to overcome.

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