shoot, I think that also applies to other relationships, like in a family dynamic where abandonment is threatened and carried out by ones mother towards one or more of her children.

they internalize her response to them, as you better go along, or you are next to go.

or how the siblings feel toward each other ... as they age, where you must accept the projections or else they will cut you off - like their mom did - kind of like an emotional blackmail could happen.

i see it.

i think.

thanks,
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