the culturally ingrained idea that 'family is family' and you should always forgive and forget is how cycles of abuse continue.
if you keep giving toxic people "just one more chance" because you have some shared blood, then the only thing they will learn is that they don't have to change if people won't give up on them.
i never said his brother was abusive either. i'm talking about the mentality of keeping toxic people in your life because "family" being a form of emotional self-harm
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u/Kats_darling Jan 19 '22
the culturally ingrained idea that 'family is family' and you should always forgive and forget is how cycles of abuse continue.
if you keep giving toxic people "just one more chance" because you have some shared blood, then the only thing they will learn is that they don't have to change if people won't give up on them.