Lately I’ve had a quiet realization:Even without the DNA test… that family system was still going to collapse. It was structurally unsustainable. Too many secrets.Too much financial chaos.Too much emotional extraction.Too many rewritten stories.Too many rotating providers.Too many crises used as currency. That kind of system can’t stabilize. It doesn’t…
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When Survival Becomes a System: Understanding Financial Abuse & Dependency Cycles
Financial abuse doesn’t always look like someone stealing from you. Sometimes it looks like: This is called a dependency cycle — and it often hides in families for decades without being named. What a Dependency Cycle Actually Is A dependency cycle forms when someone: Over time, this becomes identity. Not:“I’m…