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8 hours ago

Nancy Guthrie case: How do families of missing people cope with the uncertainty?

Families of missing persons experience ambiguous loss—a traumatic state of uncertainty without closure that profoundly disrupts daily functioning and emotional well-being.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

6 Sad Reasons Why a Family Creates a Black Sheep

It is true that sometimes the black sheep is indeed different or problematic by anyone's standards (sometimes the result of a hidden mental illness). Or she may be a sociopath who violates the family's boundaries and care, so that the family has to exclude her to rightfully protect themselves. But surprisingly, very seldom is either of these scenarios actually the case.
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