The DisorderED Series: Siblings, Fathers, and the People We Don’t Talk About Enough

Some wounds don’t come from the person everyone can see. Some pain lives in the silence of the people around it.

In Episode 4 of The Disordered Series, we open up one of the most overlooked conversations in recovery and family trauma: the siblings, the fathers, and the people standing in the background who are often carrying pain too.

This episode is about the ripple effect no one prepares families for.

Ashlee and Kendall unpack the hidden roles people take on inside households under pressure; the fixer, the peacemaker, the achiever, the invisible child, the one who leaves. We talk about how siblings can grow resentment and guilt at the same time, how fathers are often emotionally shut out of these conversations, and how support systems can be silently collapsing while all focus stays on one person.

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*Trigger Warning: This episode discusses eating disorders and disordered eating. Listener discretion is advised. Please reach out to the below services for support: 

https://www.thesecretburden.org.au/
https://butterfly.org.au/
https://kidshelpline.com.au/
https://www.lifeline.org.au/
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

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