Is it normal to feel responsible for sister's disability?
I have a twin sister, and we were in a car accident when we were 6 years old. It left me and my parents pretty much unhurt, while my sister is now paralyzed from the neck down, can't breathe on her own. I'm 17 now.
I know the accident wasn't my fault. But I remember asking her to switch placed before we got into the car. And I feel like I should live the life she can't have. She can sort of write via eye movement and so I know that she doesn't blame me, but she says that if she were me she would do this or that and ... I don't know. I feel a sort of responsibilty to do exactly that, even if my gut tells me otherwise.
My father left our family shortly after the accident and on our birthday he only sends a card for me, it seems like to him, my sister's dead. It hurts me and so ... I really don't know. I live every day with the feeling I should live twice as much as normal people because I'm the identical twin of a heavily disabled person.
| Could be, depends on severity | 3 | |
| No, you should get help | 23 | |
| Sure, it's normal | 19 | |
| Other (Add a comment) | 4 |