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When family mental health struggles create codependent patterns

My adult daughter and I both struggle with anxiety and depression and we've developed this pattern where we take turns falling apart and the other one holds it together but lately we're both falling apart at the same time and I don't know how to break the cycle without leaving her unsupported.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The survival strategy of alternating caretaking roles has become unsustainable when both people need support simultaneously.

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