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When You See Your Worst Parent in the Mirror

My teenage son looks at me with such hatred and I see my own father in his eyes and I'm terrified I've become the man I swore I'd never be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Unconscious identification with the negative father archetype perpetuates generational patterns of wounding.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Jungian archetypes and the collective unconscious?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.