They might identify patterns carried over from childhood that cause problems in their adult lives, especially if one or both partners were
raised in dysfunctional families.
Adults
raised in dysfunctional families frequently report difficulties forming and maintaining intimate relationships, maintaining positive self - esteem, and trusting others; they fear a loss of control and deny their feelings and reality.
But they're learnable — and often taught too damn well to children
raised in dysfunctional families.
Not exact matches
Academy Award ® Winners Meryl Streep * and Julia Roberts ** star
in the darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong - willed women of the Weston
family, whose lives converge when a
family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up
in, and to the
dysfunctional mother who
raised them.
The story follows the women of a
family whose lives have splintered
in many directions until a crisis bring them back to their childhood home and to the
dysfunctional woman who
raised them.
ABOUT «AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY» AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong - willed women of the Weston
family, whose lives have diverged until a
family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up
in, and to the
dysfunctional woman who
raised them.
The story follows a
dysfunctional family with a has - been TV star at the top who is stuck
in his ways and moves
in with his daughter, her girlfriend, and the child they're
raising.
When a
family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up
in, three sisters confront the
dysfunctional woman who
raised them.
Wilson returns to the subject of
dysfunctional families in his new novel, Perfect Little World,
in which a pregnant teen agrees to
raise her child
in an experimental collective.
Hikari's life and her role
in this
family were
dysfunctional due to the way she was
raised and the lack of love or even feeling from Killian that she experienced.