If there is a sick person in the family it is very important to see if we are not acting with risk factors, instead of acting with protective factors. There are many people who act with Risk Factors mistakenly, protecting when they should be courageously helping others to become aware, being assertive, not entering the trap of self-pity and other behaviors typical of codependency. Protection factor is not to protect, but to face and help the other to grow, placing limits on the other and on oneself.
