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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. Sibling has had mental health and drug dependency issues since the teen years, now has children and is completely reliant on my parents for most things. Has not held down a consistent job at any point in adulthood. My parents are successful retired professionals and have set up their own long term care, power of attorney, trusts for the grandkids, etc. with consideration for the "situation," as they always refer to it, but there's always the chance that something catastrophic happens.

I vacillate between compassion, pity, anger, resentment, jealousy, and indifference depending on the day and level of drama. I think my parents still hope we'll repair the sibling relationship, but they are also objective enough to see the ways I've been hurt and how it's been unfair to me. It's been the most unfair to them, though. I'm not too bitter to also see it's been an awful life for my sibling and their kids. I know they didn't choose to be this way. It all sucks. No real advice beyond therapy for yourself to set healthy boundaries and recognize codependent patterns.[/quote]

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