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The Family Scapegoat: Understanding the Black Sheep Role and How to Heal

May 22, 2026 by Tabitha Westbrook

family scapegoat

Written by Gwen Soat, LCMHCA You Might Be the Family Scapegoat if… You feel like the black sheep in your family. You are blamed for problems that were never fully yours. Your mistakes are remembered longer than anyone else’s. Your successes are minimized, ignored, or picked apart. You feel emotionally excluded from your own family. […]

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