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Old Nov 30, 2009, 08:24 PM
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Despite the presentation, negative introjects are a powerful source of protection: By keeping the person 'in line' so to speak (according to an abuser's will) they help to protect the self from actual external abuse. So, in a roundabout way, by abusing the self they are actually intending to protect it.
That was a coping mechanism when none other could be found. In adulthood they strangle you. I have failed completely in being able to overcome them. And I know no so-called professional who has any idea that they even exist, let alone what to do about them (other than to abuse you for having them).
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