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murielm99

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9. Me too.

Mon Oct 20, 2014, 11:47 PM

Oct 2014

My youngest brother is the golden child.

Ironically, I have a better life, as far as love and relationships go. Both my brothers live alone and and somewhat isolated from others, with no close personal relationships. I have a loving husband, and adult children with whom we have good and healthy relationships.

My sick, narcissistic mother has managed to drive away everyone in her family. We seldom contact her. She has never met any of her great grandchildren, because all her grandchildren are repelled by her behavior.

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The Role of the Family Scapegoat in Dysfunctional Families (trigger warning) [View all] UglyGreed Oct 2014 OP

Triggered. n/t PeoViejo Oct 2014 #1

+1 Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #2

Count me in too. Mnemosyne Oct 2014 #4

Me too. murielm99 Oct 2014 #9

Ironically, Dubya is the Bush family's pet scapegoat Blue Owl Oct 2014 #3

Hate to admit this but this is why I stopped seeing children in my therapy practice. nolabear Oct 2014 #5

Been there, been that black sheep.... Gumboot Oct 2014 #6

also known as the "identified patient" in family systems theory. grasswire Oct 2014 #7

I wasn't necessarily the "black sheep" but my one brother is "the chosen one".. yourout Oct 2014 #8

My father died UglyGreed Oct 2014 #10

I need to stop reading some articles/threads. ladyVet Oct 2014 #11

Explains the contempt Obama's feeling right now lindysalsagal Oct 2014 #12