If You Grew Up The ‘Black Sheep’ In Your Family, This Is How It Might Affect You Today

The best of friends. Frenemies at best. Our relationships with siblings are some of the most complicated we’ll ever have. Stuck With You is a HuffPost series that explores the nuances of sibling relationships.

Black sheep. Problem child. One bad apple among an otherwise good barrel of kids.

It doesn’t matter how it’s described. When you grow up with the reputation of being the problematic one in the family ― whether it’s because of behavior or just being different from the bunch ― it can stick with you for life, therapists say.