Mother Enmeshed Men: Is Mother-Enmeshed Man Destined To Have A Breakdown?
Although a man can come across as needless and create the impression that he is happy to be there for his mother, this is likely to be nothing more than a facade. The truth is that he will have needs and abandoning himself is going to causing him to suffer.
However, he will deny his own needs and he won't acknowledge how he truly feels; this is why he will be able to behave in this way. It won't be that he is consciously choosing to be in denial, though; as he won't even be aware of what is going on.
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This defense, along with others, wouldn't work if he was actually aware of what was going on; it will only work if he is oblivious to it. To keep this defense in place, he will need to use a lot of his energy to keep his needs and true feelings at bay.
As this is so, a lot of his energ...