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#653 Child of Mixed Marriage - Cat Alvarado

Mental Illness Happy Hour

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The Importance of Familiarity in Intimacy Struggles

Sally Kohn: I was thinking about how people repeat the pattern of their childhood and they get into relationships that are toxic or abusive. And it occurred to me that when we've never experienced true safety, true intimacy, truly being seen for who we are in a safe environment,. The closest that we can experience, I believe, to intimacy is familiarity. She says she's finally facing her deep rooted codependency and trying to heal the complex PTSD from her childhood.Kohn: Do you promise to board this speeding train towards a concrete wall? We have a child so I hesitate to say I wish I'd never married him, but this survey is an exercise and fantasy.

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