Dangerous Relationships. Ep 1 part 1. Living With Addiction
About this episode
This episode discusses the impact of addiction on family dynamics and the resulting emotional toll on partners and children.
Send us Fan Mail Addiction doesn’t just change the person using. It rewires the whole home. When someone is living with addiction, everyone else can end up living in a constant state of watchfulness, waiting to find out who is coming through the door, what mood they’ll be in, and what damage might follow. That unpredictability is exhausting, and it quietly trains partners and children to organize their nervous systems around danger. We break down why addiction becomes a family system p...
People in this episode
Host: Kim Lee
Topics covered
- addiction
- family dynamics
- mental health
- child behavior
- nervous system
- unpredictability
Keywords
- addiction
- family system
- mental health
- nervous system
- behavior
- children
- watchfulness
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