For years, I thought what my older sister did to me was just part of growing up. Later, I learned just how sick and twisted she really was
What makes sibling abuse so difficult to recognise, Mary said, is that it can sit right alongside love, closeness and loyalty. That contradiction is part of why sibling abuse is so often dismissed as ordinary rivalry. What she understands now is that those early family patterns did not remain safely boxed in the past. 'If we don't address sibling abuse, we don't fully understand domestic violence,' Mary said. Sydney clinical psychotherapist, Julie Sweet, said early family violence can reverberate through a person's life.
Source: Daily Mail April 06, 2026 05:15 UTC
