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Old May 24, 2010, 07:38 AM
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...some children, while being abused (e.g. physically abused), will identify with the abuser. To protect themselves. They internalize this and when they are adults, the cycle continues.
Yes. But I wonder why some identify and others do not. I suspect the differences start out being very small, and grow if nothing intervenes to head the situation into territory with more insight.
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