family dysfunction

• toxicCapable of causing harm
• resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
• estrangementEmotional separation between people
• secretsConcealed information
• abuseCruel or violent treatment

neglect · scapegoat · codependency · alcoholism · trauma · silence · boundaries · blame · manipulation · narcissism · favoritism · enabling · tension · holidays · inheritance · therapy · denial · screaming

• relationship problemsaffair, disloyalty, adultery, unfaithfulness, cheating
• domestic fictionfamily drama, family saga, home life, family secrets, sibling rivalry
• childhood traumaabuse, neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, ACEs
• family therapyfamily therapy, family counseling, family dynamics, marriage therapy, relationship counseling
• social critiquesocial injustice, inequality, expose, muckraking, polemic
• Tennessee WilliamsThe Glass Menagerie, Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Streetcar Named Desire