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Locut0s

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2. I think you mean just being close to your parents...
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 03:03 AM
Aug 2013

That is common. But in my case there's a somewhat subtle but important difference. I've failed to develop certain parts of my personality fully because I've relied on my parents as a form of crutch. Like I said I have difficulty with things like knowing what my own interests and likes are. I find myself coming to agreement with my father on far too much because we in some ways share aspects of our personalities. Do I like a film after I've seen it with my father? Well I could give you an answer but truthfully I don't fully form my opinion until I've talked it over with him and see what we both think of it. I don't seem to quite have an opinion on it 100% until the 2 of us have come to an agreement. I'm exaggerating a bit and I don't have these issues with things that I do and see on my own, but then I've done so little on my own.

No I haven't gone to therapy with my parents. That's actually something I'd be very interested in doing but have no idea how I would bring that about. The psychiatrist I go to now probably wouldn't be interested in doing that, though I suppose I could ask.

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