Dr. Tristan Engels
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In a sense, yes, but not because he genuinely cares about them as people. Charles longs to be the one who is provided for in every sense of the word. So he cares more about their belief that he is their provider only because of what he'll gain in return.
to the degree that most people do in their family, because he's never really experienced a sense of belonging or family in the traditional sense. He also learned that no one was willing to protect him when he was undergoing abuse in the various institutions he had been in, and it certainly sounds like no one really protected the people that he abused in return.
to the degree that most people do in their family, because he's never really experienced a sense of belonging or family in the traditional sense. He also learned that no one was willing to protect him when he was undergoing abuse in the various institutions he had been in, and it certainly sounds like no one really protected the people that he abused in return.
to the degree that most people do in their family, because he's never really experienced a sense of belonging or family in the traditional sense. He also learned that no one was willing to protect him when he was undergoing abuse in the various institutions he had been in, and it certainly sounds like no one really protected the people that he abused in return.
So now, as an adult, he's wanting to expand on this control. As we know, he's looking to form a devoted chosen family, or what would soon become a cult, and that, he feels, will always remain loyal, prove their loyalty, and whom he can maintain control over by isolating them and expecting total obedience.
So now, as an adult, he's wanting to expand on this control. As we know, he's looking to form a devoted chosen family, or what would soon become a cult, and that, he feels, will always remain loyal, prove their loyalty, and whom he can maintain control over by isolating them and expecting total obedience.
So now, as an adult, he's wanting to expand on this control. As we know, he's looking to form a devoted chosen family, or what would soon become a cult, and that, he feels, will always remain loyal, prove their loyalty, and whom he can maintain control over by isolating them and expecting total obedience.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
In a sense, yes, but not because he genuinely cares about them as people. Charles longs to be the one who is provided for in every sense of the word. So he cares more about their belief that he is their provider only because of what he'll gain in return.
In a sense, yes, but not because he genuinely cares about them as people. Charles longs to be the one who is provided for in every sense of the word. So he cares more about their belief that he is their provider only because of what he'll gain in return.
In a sense, yes, but not because he genuinely cares about them as people. Charles longs to be the one who is provided for in every sense of the word. So he cares more about their belief that he is their provider only because of what he'll gain in return.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
And we've talked about just a moment ago about how he's really never had a sense of belonging or loyalty or family. This felt like another abandonment to him because this was probably the first time he might have actually felt some semblance of that. And now it's gone.
Let's discuss why Charles does not seem to learn from past mistakes. And there's a number of possibilities for this. But since Charles has been engaging in theft at a young age, it's possible that part of this is that he struggles with an impulse control disorder like kleptomania.
Let's discuss why Charles does not seem to learn from past mistakes. And there's a number of possibilities for this. But since Charles has been engaging in theft at a young age, it's possible that part of this is that he struggles with an impulse control disorder like kleptomania.
Let's discuss why Charles does not seem to learn from past mistakes. And there's a number of possibilities for this. But since Charles has been engaging in theft at a young age, it's possible that part of this is that he struggles with an impulse control disorder like kleptomania.
That could be a condition on its own, but more often it is a symptom of something else, such as antisocial personality disorder. Individuals who have antisocial personality disorder or have such a severe case of it that it rises to psychopathy have a need for stimulation as well as impulse control deficits and they are not deterred by consequences.