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When your identity is built on being needed by others

I have been the responsible one in my family since I was eight and I do not know how to write a story where other people take care of themselves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Caretaking identities create psychological dependence on others' dysfunction to maintain sense of self and purpose.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

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