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“I did not ask to be placed in a position where self preservation required the loss of parental love and acceptance. That choice was made necessary by circumstances I did not create. Wanting safety should never cost a child their belonging, yet that was the price I was asked to pay.”

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Author:Deanna L. Lawlis

“Recovering from family scapegoating requires recognizing that being the ‘identified patient’ is symptomatic of generations of systemic dysfunction within one’s family, fueled by unrecognized anxiety and even trauma. In a certain sense, members of a dysfunctional family are participating in a ‘consensual trance‘, i.e., a ‘survival trance’ supported by false narratives, toxic shame, anxiety, and egoic defense mechanisms, such as denial and projection.”

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Book:Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Understanding Family Scapegoating Abuse

Source: Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Understanding Family Scapegoating Abuse

“While disagreements and interpersonal conflicts are common in even the healthiest of family systems, family scapegoating goes far beyond this, making recovering from its impact and effects difficult. For example, more than half of those who responded to an FSA survey I conducted have been described as “mentally ill”; “emotionally sick,” or “a liar” by a parent or other relative when there was absolutely no truth to this whatsoever. Naturally, being spoken about in this way can be confusing, angering, and even traumatizing to the target of such hostile and defamatory statements.”

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Book:Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role

Source: Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role

“Adult survivors of family scapegoating abuse have historically been diagnosed with one or more mental health conditions that ignore the trauma symptoms they are regularly experiencing. Rarely will their most distressing symptoms be recognized as Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) secondary to growing up in an unstable, non-nurturing, dangerous, rejecting, or abusive family environment.”

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Book:Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role

Source: Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role