Modern narratives have moved away from the "perfect" unit, instead leaning into enmeshment, estrangement, and the "identified patient" (the family member who carries the group's collective trauma).
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"I was working to pay for the private nurses so you didn't have to work a shift at a bar!" Julian shouted back. "I carried the financial weight of this family while you played the martyr." Modern narratives have moved away from the "perfect"
No matter how much they hurt each other, they’re still the only people who truly know where the bodies are buried. instead leaning into enmeshment