Randi Fine Blog

For pathologically enmeshed adult children, the thought of a parent’s illness or death can feel like facing their own. When identity and survival are tied so tightly to a parent, loss becomes an existential crisis. This post explores why that happens—and how healing is possible.

Emotional enmeshment is one of the most damaging yet overlooked forms of family dysfunction. Unlike obvious forms of abuse, it is often disguised as love, loyalty, or closeness.