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Dysfunctional Families: Empty, Lonely and Alone

Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

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How to Avoid Your Role in a Family

Cartman: Each role has an egoic payoff for the victim they avoid responsibility and become dependent. He says people tend to assume a primary role in the triangle but will often shift and take turns taking on different roles with each other. The rescuer may get upset with the persecutor and take on a persecutor role and attack them placing them in the victim role, he says. Cartman: If you can try not to be in those roles your family can come together and be healthy.

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