In toxic families, siblings are often pitted against each other, which was also done in my case and continues to this day. This is how the scapegoat and golden child roles between siblings are created. The triangulation may be subtle or overt, but the damage to the relationships between siblings is fully accomplished. In my case, my brother and I were close as children because we had to survive together. At times he was the parent I never had, and at other times I filled that empathic parental role for him, especially when we were young adults. No matter the closeness we shared as children, he
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