Our family group chat has become this place where we all perform being okay and share updates but nobody talks about the fact that Mom's drinking has gotten worse since retirement. We all see it when we visit but somehow we've created this collective silence around it and I think we're all waiting for someone else to bring it up first.
More people experience this than they realize.
A family system has organized itself around avoiding a painful truth that everyone can see, creating shared complicity in denial.
“Where Are You with Legacy and ego — when legacy-building becomes narcissism?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.