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It Doesn't Stay in Childhood

How the old role follows you into work, love, and every room you walk into.

Here's where the childhood turns up in your adult life, often without you noticing the connection. The articles trace how the old role follows you into jobs, into relationships, into friendships you keep at a safe distance, and into the ways you numb out or brace for people to leave. You'll start to spot the pattern under behaviors you used to file as personality. Less how-to, more why this keeps happening.