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When parent and child share mental health challenges

My teenage daughter and I both have ADHD and we're constantly triggering each other's rejection sensitivity, but we also understand each other in ways no one else does, and I'm struggling with how to be her parent when we're both just trying to survive our own emotional overwhelm.

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Neurological similarity creates both profound understanding and amplified dysregulation within a hierarchical relationship.

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