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When solitude triggers existential terror

I cannot be alone for more than an hour without feeling like I am going to die or disappear completely

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Dependence on external mirroring for self-cohesion reveals developmental arrest in separation-individuation.

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“Where Are You with Psychoanalytic frameworks for self-understanding?”

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