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Tales of Therapy—Alex. Part Three. The Night has an End.

Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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How Did You Grow Up?

Alex's grandparents were originally born on both the paternal and maternal sides. The family was torn between the fronts, alternately finding themselves on the side of the perpetrators and victims. Alex learns that both the maternal and paternal lines are deeply woven into the history of violence in the twentieth century. He also calls relatives from their native land to flesh out his grandpa and parents narrative. It is this experience in the siberian labor camp that festers most all in the family.

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