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Family Scapegoating Abuse
You Were Never the Problem
There's a reason some people feel like the "problem" in their family.
Rebecca C. Mandeville calls this Family Scapegoating Abuse.
One person is assigned the role of:
- the difficult one
- the emotional one
- the one to blame
Not because it's true.
But because the system needs a pressure valve.
You weren't the problem. You were the pressure valve.