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Scenario

When parent and child both struggle with depression

My teenage son and I are both dealing with depression and we've started therapy separately but we can't seem to break the cycle of feeding off each other's darkness at home. We'll both have okay days and then one of us spirals and pulls the other down with us.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people sharing the same emotional burden can become mirrors that amplify suffering rather than sources of mutual healing.

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Patan
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