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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I've been thinking of your friend and their family. I hope they have been able to start to build a support network around them to help with all family members' physical and emotional needs through this trauma.

May I share something from my experience + the benefit of time? When this happened in my family, it was initially addressed as my sibling's trauma and we (Mom, Dad, me) were the most impacted by-standers.

Even healing was initially structured around "fixing" her, and trying to "get back to normal." That recovery structure didn't help all 4 of us fully and authentically heal. It wasn't until my family could recognize that this was a family trauma that impacted all of us, and we all had roles in recovery, for ourselves and as a unit. It isn't easy, and it took us many years to reach this stage of enlightenment, and have all family members aligned. I do wonder sometimes how much would have changed, if we'd been able to take this approach from the beginning. I feel like we could have bypassed so much hurt. Surviving--->Thriving

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