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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Yes, I know what you are describing. The masculine personality is your father. The feminine is probably your mother and then you have that very challenge child part of you. You are NOT crazy, lots of individuals do carry aspects of their parents in their minds. This is how human beings are designed, we imprint more than we realize. I have a challenged child part to me too, it's due to how challenging it was for me as a child growing up in the environment I had to deal with that was just too confusing for me. I did see a lot of abuse.
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That's curious, I didn't think of those parts as representing my mother and father because the personalities are so different from theirs but it could be a projection of sorts that is the complete opposite of them. Maybe thinking that if they were so different my life would have also been different? It's an interesting thought. I'm going to ruminate on it some more.
Seeing so much abuse at an early age really does take a toll on you, huh? It basically sets you up for trauma bonding in your romantic relationships. I read about that today and it reminded me of something I read years ago while going through a similar situation. It's funny how much reading I've done to learn more about psychology (basically 12 years ago and I'm 24 next month) yet I refused to believe what was right in front of me. 'Love like you've never been hurt' can really come back to bite you in the arse, haha.
At the very least, we are some of the few who are able to acknowledge what's going on and try to heal from it
