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When crisis reveals hierarchy of family concern

My brother has cancer and our whole family is rallying around him, but I secretly resent how much attention he's getting because I've been struggling with depression for years and no one notices.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Visible suffering can overshadow invisible pain in ways that illuminate the conditional nature of family attention.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with What you take with you — the inner legacy that death carries away?”

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