I like your suggestions about how to open up a closed system. And, if there isn’t any reciprocity due to a high level of dysfunction in the group, and a drive to maintain homeostasis at all costs because members of the group have low self awareness or cannot touch their feelings of anxiety and shame, upping the contact risks putting the person who is attempting to introduce healthy communication and relating into the role of the scapegoat. In narcissistic families, this leads to psycho-emotional abuse. Go check out Rebecca Mandeville’s Substack on family scapegoating abuse. I think you will find it interesting!
I like your suggestions about how to open up a closed system. And, if there isn’t any reciprocity due to a high level of dysfunction in the group, and a drive to maintain homeostasis at all costs because members of the group have low self awareness or cannot touch their feelings of anxiety and shame, upping the contact risks putting the person who is attempting to introduce healthy communication and relating into the role of the scapegoat. In narcissistic families, this leads to psycho-emotional abuse. Go check out Rebecca Mandeville’s Substack on family scapegoating abuse. I think you will find it interesting!