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When parent and teen both struggle with mental health

My teenage daughter and I both have depression and we're in therapy separately but living together day-to-day feels like we're drowning each other — when she's having a bad day it pulls me under and when I'm struggling I can see her trying to take care of me which makes everything worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people sharing the same condition can become trapped in cycles of mutual triggering rather than mutual support.

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