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Familiar Pain

2025

Something I heard 33 years ago that I don't hear a lot today. People from dysfunctional families seek out familiar pain.

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I heard this 33 years ago. You don't hear it a lot.

People from dysfunctional families seek out familiar pain.

If you grew up with a certain kind of trauma, or a way to do relationships, or a way to not get your needs met, you tend to marry people who continue that. You tend to marry people who continue to not meet your needs. You tend to surround yourself with friends who treat you the same way.

People from dysfunctional families seek out familiar pain.

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