Our startup team of four co-founders keeps saying we're like family but when we have conflict we handle it terribly - either we avoid it completely or someone explodes. We've built this myth of being best friends but we can't actually navigate disagreement without everything feeling personal and threatening.
More people experience this than they realize.
Premature intimacy without conflict resolution skills creates pseudo-closeness that fractures under real pressure.
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