Those people who have experienced a series of bad relationships may find themselves struggling once they finally land a healthy partner, according to Dr. Stephen J. Betchen. Patterns of abuse are imprinted during youth and generally reinforced in later relationships, requiring a drastic revolt from the type of family a person has grown up in to avoid replication of that abuse. This revolt requires more than just getting tired of the abuse, and it is possible to find such a drastically different lifestyle intolerable. The good news is that with effort, a person can learn to love a healthy life both consciously and unconsciously.
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