A friend pointed out to me that she chooses not to hold grudges. Asking her why, she said to me that it takes an inordinate amount of energy in doing so. This got me thinking about how we differ from our sibling-s when it comes to fluidity versus rigidity in patterns in thinking. And howContinue reading “When Hurt Becomes Certainty: Understanding Psychological Rigidity in Sibling Estrangement “
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When Rejection Doesn’t End With Your Sibling
Once we go through the experience of sibling estrangement, we are forever changed. It starts to affect us not only in how we see ourselves, but in our relationships with others as well. The feeling of rejection that we may have experienced from our sibling is a hurtful feeling that can carry into other relationships.Continue reading “When Rejection Doesn’t End With Your Sibling”
Emotional Capacity and Sibling Estrangement
One of the most freeing aspects that comes with our deliverance from sibling estrangement is when we start to recognize that our sibling can’t meet us at our level of depth, signaling their lack of emotional capacity. This particular deficit is an important factor to consider when it comes to the wedge that exists betweenContinue reading “Emotional Capacity and Sibling Estrangement”
Sibling Estrangement 