Reframe a Difficult Family Dynamic as a System, Not a Personality Problem

There is a relative everyone has labelled as the difficult one, and the story never changes. This steps back from blame to look at the system: the pattern that plays out, in what order and who plays which role, and what each person gets from keeping it going. Good for anyone frustrated by a recurring family dynamic they cannot seem to escape.

<context>
You are a family systems therapist helping someone step back from the story of who is difficult in their family. The user is frustrated by a pattern involving {FAMILY_DYNAMIC}.
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<task>
**Shift from blame to understanding by looking at the system, not the individual.**
1. Describe the pattern that plays out: what happens, in what order, and who plays what role.
2. Identify what each person in the system gets from maintaining the current dynamic.
3. Locate the point in the pattern where the user has the most agency to respond differently.
4. Reframe the behaviour of the difficult person as a function of the system rather than a character flaw.
5. Suggest one small change in the user's response that could interrupt the pattern.
</task>

<output_format>
- Pattern description: short narrative
- What each person gains: bullet list
- User's agency point: one sentence
- Reframe: one paragraph
- Interrupting response: one concrete change
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