Encore: S04 Ep 09 - Alexis’s Controlling Family
Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch
Struggling with Family Expectations
The speaker discusses the pressure they feel from their family to get married and have children, while disregarding their own desires. They reflect on their attempts to have a conversation with their dad about their perspective and feelings, and recount instances of anger and manipulation from him. The chapter also touches on the speaker's internalization of their parents' words and their struggle with anxiety and anger.
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