Two sisters stuck in cycles of accusing each other of lying. Karamo explains that early trauma and abandonment make people lie to feel safe. Instead of fighting about who's dishonest, they need to see each other's fear and apologize for the pain they both survived.
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There's something that you all both kept saying to each other. She lies, she lies. I can't trust her. She lies, she lies. I wanna make sure everyone understands this, and especially for you two. When people have been in situations where you've been through, where you've dealt with trauma and death at a young age, but then also dealing with abuse, abandonment, all these things, you're looking for security. And when individuals in your experience are looking for security, they lie because they don't know if they say something, if it's going to affect their security. And so, I understand that in that moment you were trying to find your security because you didn't feel secure in this house. So you called somebody for protection, but your sister on the opposite side was looking for security too. And she doesn't know if I tell the truth, what's gonna happen to all of us. So instead of calling each other liars and calling each other these names, next time you wanna call your sister a liar, say, I understand you're looking for security. Next time you wanna call your sister a liar, say, I understand you're looking for security 'cause you didn't have it as little girls and I'm sorry for everything you went through. I'm so sorry.