I have an enmeshed personality with my father. [View all]
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A therapist diagnosed this years ago when my father went to get some emotional help. Now my own psychiatrist largely agrees with it. We are too close. We emotionally depend on each other. Our personalities even depend on each other and it's hard to separate the two of us. I find it hard to have my own likes and dislikes. I get upset when he dislikes something I like etc... When I'm upset he is and visa versa. We are also much more like best friends than father and son. We talk about literature and science and even women the way friends would. I used to call my parents mommy and daddy till a few weeks ago.
Because of this enmeshment I've found it very difficult to build my own personality. To have my own interests to be assertive.
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