Being the family scapegoat

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Most toxic families have a scapegoat. This is the person who gets targeted for telling the truth. Rather than look at themselves, toxic family members point at the scapegoat to take on all the sins of the toxic family. This post will tell you how to heal.

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Five ways to recover from family scapegoating by Online Video Counseling Therapist Glynis Sherwood MEd

A scapegoat is a person or group that is unjustly blamed for something. Pure ignorance or a tool to gain power? Sociologists have their theories.

Hello mother, Where do I start but to say we’ve missed out on so much together. We could’ve and should’ve had so much more between us as mother and daughter. I look around and see so many beautiful relationships that could’ve been ours. I’ve spent years crying over the mother I wanted to have. I […]

The difference between the golden child and scapegoat, why the roles exist, the signs and effects of both, and how to heal