Thread: Shutting Down
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Old Feb 10, 2009, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by pachyderm
Perna, you said shutting down is good. In my original family, it was not, because one would get attacked for shutting down. There was no way out.

Wow, this sheds some light on the issues that you have been talking about.........
I think this was because my mother would (at least some times) interpret my shutting down as a reflection on her (it was, but not intentionally) or an intolerable affront to her.
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