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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, I've thought about this too, OP. Especially when people get into conflict, and often you can see how both are engaging in dysfunctional or unproductive behaviors making the conflict worse. Even if one person is more "right" than the other, a lot of times I'll think "but why not handle it differently, why did in" or something like that.

Also, just about everyone has a family member who has dealt with some kind of mental illness. Mood disorders, addiction, neurological divergence, eating disorders, etc. Like does anyone actually have a family that doesn't have at least one person dealing with at least one of those? I want to talk to you if so. Are you positive? These things are so, so common.

Add in the family dysfunction issues that give rise to things like sibling no longer being on speaking terms, parents disowning kids, or kids going no contact with parents.

I have dealt with depression and anxiety. I sometimes just cannot figure out why I was able to push through and figure that out and my brother, who has also dealt with those, wound up also developing alcoholism, and his life is so much harder. Like I just don't get what the difference was. Same with my DH, who has ADHD but is a functional spouse and parent, while his brother with ADHD is completely dependent on their parents in his 50s. What's the difference? I don't think we'll ever understand.[/quote]

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