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When family group chats become emotionally draining for one person

Our family group chat has turned into this place where my mom sends us constant updates about her health issues and my brother never responds and my sister only sends memes and I'm the one always trying to manage everyone's feelings. None of us have talked about how weird this dynamic has gotten but it's making me dread family communication entirely.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Unspoken communication patterns are creating an unsustainable burden on the family peacekeeper.

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