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Breadcrumbs, Healing Fantasies and Role-Selves | It’s Not Normal | Ep. 49

Breadcrumbs, Healing Fantasies and Role-Selves | It’s Not Normal | Ep. 49

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Have you ever found yourself being strung along by a parent, partner or friend? Intermittent reinforcement is a powerful tool that can shape not only our personality, but also our perception of the present and our beliefs for the future. In this week’s episode, we talk about breadcrumbing as a behavior in a parent-child relationship and how it fuels the development of healing fantasies and role-selves.

0:00 Breadcrumbs Create A Power Dynamic

6:58 Future Faking and Empty Promises

11:22 Healing Fantasies

17:21 Becoming Someone Else

20:13 Developing A Role-Self


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