Periagoge
Scenario

When close friendships become dependent on shared dysfunction

My best friend and I have been trauma bonding for so long - sharing our damage, analyzing our childhoods, supporting each other through crisis after crisis - that I think we've accidentally created a friendship that can only exist in dysfunction. When one of us is doing well, we don't know how to connect anymore.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Bonds forged in pain can become threatened by healing when we mistake shared wounds for shared identity.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Unintended legacy — what we leave without meaning to?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.