ar to be a kind of emotional state in which the individual may lack the confidence or self-esteem to recognize a meaningful and rational self-differentiating behavior or action. Moreover, unless the family concerned is replete with psychopaths (one thinks of the Sopranos), it is difficult to see how (to mix metaphors) cutting the Gordian knot would do anything except exacerbate depression, at least in the short term. Even if a nagging mother and a domineering father who squabble all the time have actually driven one into deep depression, is it likely to benefit the depressed individual emotionally if the individual cannot rationally expect to land i
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