Family Roles
In addicted or dysfunctional families, this role often tries to make the family look successful and problem-free.
Who is the Hero?
Healthy families are more likely to have this style of communication.
What is open communication?
This word refers to an emotional state of extreme discomfort and stress after a painful event.
What is trauma?
This process involves dealing with hurt, anger, and fear so those feelings stop controlling your life.
What is healing?
“Family Roles When Addiction Takes Hold” focuses on how addiction affects not just one person, but this entire unit.
What is the family system?
This family role uses humor, distraction, or acting out silly behavior to reduce tension in the home.
Who is the Mascot?
In healthy families, rules should be flexible, fair, and this.
What is consistent?
According to the lesson, children in dysfunctional families may learn these five rules: not to talk, not to trust, not to feel, not to think, and not to do this.
What is ask questions?
This is often described as freedom from the oppression of hurt, anger, and fear.
What is forgiveness?
“How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime” connects early adversity to later physical, emotional, and this kind of outcomes.
What are behavioral outcomes?
This role often feels overlooked, withdraws emotionally, and stays out of the way to avoid conflict.
Who is the Lost Child?
This term describes people depending on one another in a healthy way for a common good.
What is interdependence?
Adults from dysfunctional families may do this often because they did not grow up with healthy models.
What is guess what normal behavior is?
This means coming to terms with painful feelings and reaching some level of peace with family members or yourself.
What is reconciliation?
“How Forgiveness Saved My Life” highlights that forgiveness can be part of recovery from deep pain, resentment, and this emotion.
What is anger?
This role is often blamed for family problems and may act out the pain the family refuses to address.
Who is the Scapegoat?
This term describes when a person’s problems develop in response to the problems of others.
What is codependence?
People from dysfunctional homes may struggle with this kind of relationship because of fear, shame, or lack of trust.
What are intimate relationships?
The lesson teaches that reconciliation means harmony and acceptance, not this unrealistic goal.
What is perfection?
All three videos support this recovery idea: healing requires honesty, self-awareness, and addressing unresolved family pain instead of doing this.
What is avoiding or suppressing it?
This role may overfocus on fixing, rescuing, or managing others while neglecting personal needs.
What is the Caretaker or Enabler role?
A person in a codependent family may become obsessed with this instead of focusing on their own needs.
What are the needs and behaviors of the addicted person?
This ACEs-related idea explains that early adversity can affect health and behavior across a lifetime.
What is childhood trauma has long-term effects on the brain and body?
True or False: Forgiveness always means excusing what happened or pretending it did not hurt.
What is false?
This is the big shared theme of all three videos: family dysfunction, trauma, and forgiveness can all shape a person’s recovery journey and this process.
What is healing?