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<blockquote data-quote="janebrain" data-source="post: 180655" data-attributes="member: 3208"><p>Well, the good thing is that easy child is expressing herself. My difficult child 2 (really should change that to easy child 2) kept everything inside, just tried not to cause any trouble and be the "perfect child." I was so engulfed in difficult child 1's problems that I was just relieved that difficult child 2 was doing so well. I found out when she hit puberty that she was not doing well at all and she has been in therapy now for 4 years. In our case there was physical and emotional abuse going on as well that I knew nothing about so difficult child 2 really felt trapped. She started dissociating to cope with her life.</p><p></p><p>I think your mom is right--you should get easy child into therapy so she can learn how to cope with difficult child and if you can validate her feelings about her sister that would be great. If she is allowed to have those negative feelings (and who wouldn't?) she may not have to suppress them, leading to more problems down the road.</p><p></p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="janebrain, post: 180655, member: 3208"] Well, the good thing is that easy child is expressing herself. My difficult child 2 (really should change that to easy child 2) kept everything inside, just tried not to cause any trouble and be the "perfect child." I was so engulfed in difficult child 1's problems that I was just relieved that difficult child 2 was doing so well. I found out when she hit puberty that she was not doing well at all and she has been in therapy now for 4 years. In our case there was physical and emotional abuse going on as well that I knew nothing about so difficult child 2 really felt trapped. She started dissociating to cope with her life. I think your mom is right--you should get easy child into therapy so she can learn how to cope with difficult child and if you can validate her feelings about her sister that would be great. If she is allowed to have those negative feelings (and who wouldn't?) she may not have to suppress them, leading to more problems down the road. Jane [/QUOTE]
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