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Encore: S04 Ep 09 - Alexis’s Controlling Family

Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

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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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