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Structure & Scars · March 19 · 22 min

Don't Call Me Daughter

Send us Fan Mail The "oldest daughter" trope has gone viral — and it's getting it wrong. What social media is calling a personality type is actually a survival pattern. In this episode we shift the narrative off the child who adapted and back onto the system that required it. We talk about parentification, ACEs, the feminization of poverty, human trafficking, and why Gen X women are being diagnosed with autoimmune disorders at rates nobody seems to want to explain. This isn't who you are. It's what happened to you. And those are not the same thing. Structure & Scars Unfiltered dialogue about the structures that shape us. ✉️ Continue the conversation: nikki@perspectivestherapywi.com

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Send us Fan Mail

The "oldest daughter" trope has gone viral — and it's getting it wrong. What social media is calling a personality type is actually a survival pattern. In this episode we shift the narrative off the child who adapted and back onto the system that required it. We talk about parentification, ACEs, the feminization of poverty, human trafficking, and why Gen X women are being diagnosed with autoimmune disorders at rates nobody seems to want to explain. This isn't who you are. It's what happened to you. And those are not the same thing.

Structure & Scars
Unfiltered dialogue about the structures that shape us.

✉️ Continue the conversation: nikki@perspectivestherapywi.com

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