How to forgive my brother


My brother is serving a seven year prison sentence for possessing child pornography. Even though I know this has nothing to do with me, I feel shame that someone in my family would do this. I don’t talk about it with anyone but my closest friends, and them very rarely.

C: Brother serving seven year prison sentence for possessing child pornography
T: If people in my life knew about this they would think badly of me
F: Shame
A: Don’t talk about it with anyone except very rarely with closest friends
R: Reinforce the belief that this is something shameful I need to hide