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Old Mar 08, 2011, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Rohag View Post
Family clinicians sometimes talk about a "designated patient" -- one member the family blames as "the problem" (thanks, Fool Zero). In reality, they just shift the blame to the vulnerable "designated patient" to permit themselves to be blind to their own problems. The confusion and troubles of the "designated patient" are frequently entirely rational responses to wider family dysfunction.
OMG that was so me growing up. *sigh*