"I told Les that it was typical for children who were forced to exchange emotional roles with their parents to carry into their adult lives tremendous guilt and an overdeveloped sense of responsibility. As adults, they often become trapped in a vicious cycle of accepting responsibility for everything, inevitably falling short, feeling guilty and inadequate, and then redoubling their efforts. This is a draining, depleting cycle that leads to an ever-increasing sense of failure."
-Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Control of Your Life by Susan Forward

devoted to my mother and brother, who through little to no fault of their own have damaged me

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