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  5. Your parents' relationship damaged you in ways you'll never fully understand or escape

“Your parents' relationship damaged you in ways you'll never fully understand or escape”

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  • Early patterns program us permanently
  • We unconsciously repeat their dynamics
  • Attachment styles formed before memory
  • Even good parents create some wounds

Disagree

  • People genuinely heal and break cycles
  • This removes agency and responsibility
  • Awareness creates possibility for change
  • Determinism isn't destiny

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