Rachel Bernstein

And it's different for everyone. Also, timing plays a role in this. The age of the person, if they are still in their lives feeling isolated.

And it's different for everyone. Also, timing plays a role in this. The age of the person, if they are still in their lives feeling isolated.

And it's different for everyone. Also, timing plays a role in this. The age of the person, if they are still in their lives feeling isolated.

they don't have a lot of other people and so they're going to go to the people who they know like better the devil you know than the devil you don't um one of the things that can happen too is if you have been made to feel so vulnerable in your life and you see this people who were raised in cults people who are told and taught that left to their own devices, their life is going to fall apart.

they don't have a lot of other people and so they're going to go to the people who they know like better the devil you know than the devil you don't um one of the things that can happen too is if you have been made to feel so vulnerable in your life and you see this people who were raised in cults people who are told and taught that left to their own devices, their life is going to fall apart.

they don't have a lot of other people and so they're going to go to the people who they know like better the devil you know than the devil you don't um one of the things that can happen too is if you have been made to feel so vulnerable in your life and you see this people who were raised in cults people who are told and taught that left to their own devices, their life is going to fall apart.

They need someone to guide them. They need someone to tell them. They need someone to be the decision maker for them. So they give that over. And that's a whole other form of gaslighting that can be very handicapping for people. If someone has gotten that message that they really are fragile people,

They need someone to guide them. They need someone to tell them. They need someone to be the decision maker for them. So they give that over. And that's a whole other form of gaslighting that can be very handicapping for people. If someone has gotten that message that they really are fragile people,

They need someone to guide them. They need someone to tell them. They need someone to be the decision maker for them. So they give that over. And that's a whole other form of gaslighting that can be very handicapping for people. If someone has gotten that message that they really are fragile people,

and that they are not able to function without someone at the helm and kind of taking the reins in their life, then they're gonna feel more prone to staying connected with this person who had a very strong will over them and called the shots. It's also true that there are a lot of people

and that they are not able to function without someone at the helm and kind of taking the reins in their life, then they're gonna feel more prone to staying connected with this person who had a very strong will over them and called the shots. It's also true that there are a lot of people

and that they are not able to function without someone at the helm and kind of taking the reins in their life, then they're gonna feel more prone to staying connected with this person who had a very strong will over them and called the shots. It's also true that there are a lot of people

who even after they've been tremendously abused, have so much compassion for the person who abused them that they may have wound up in the hospital many times, but if somebody says something negative about the person who abused them, they'll come to their defense.

who even after they've been tremendously abused, have so much compassion for the person who abused them that they may have wound up in the hospital many times, but if somebody says something negative about the person who abused them, they'll come to their defense.

who even after they've been tremendously abused, have so much compassion for the person who abused them that they may have wound up in the hospital many times, but if somebody says something negative about the person who abused them, they'll come to their defense.

That has to do with that person's conscience, but I think also how much self-concept they have, like how much they feel that they have the right to be angry about And to hold on to that, because also with a parent, if you just stay angry with them, then you're also saying, I'm willing to lose them.

That has to do with that person's conscience, but I think also how much self-concept they have, like how much they feel that they have the right to be angry about And to hold on to that, because also with a parent, if you just stay angry with them, then you're also saying, I'm willing to lose them.

That has to do with that person's conscience, but I think also how much self-concept they have, like how much they feel that they have the right to be angry about And to hold on to that, because also with a parent, if you just stay angry with them, then you're also saying, I'm willing to lose them.

I'm willing to not have them in my life because if I don't love them, then I don't have them in my life. So that means that you're also needing a child to be ready for abject loss at a young age, which they may or may not be ready for. And because who is going to fill that space? What's also true is that sometimes the hope of a parent changing doesn't go away.

I'm willing to not have them in my life because if I don't love them, then I don't have them in my life. So that means that you're also needing a child to be ready for abject loss at a young age, which they may or may not be ready for. And because who is going to fill that space? What's also true is that sometimes the hope of a parent changing doesn't go away.