Keyword: trapped

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Growing Up with a Troubled Parent September 10, 2009

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Family & Parenting, Trauma & Healing

Children raised by mentally ill or incapacitated parents face invisible burdens that quietly shape their adult choices. Armand DiMele draws on the double bind theory, a case of psychosomatic snow blindness, and research on children of psychotic parents to show how early caretaking roles become lifelong patterns.

The Instinct to Escape Being Trapped July 21, 2009

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Identity & The Self

Feeling trapped is not a neurosis but a survival instinct, argues Armand DiMele. From the evolutionary need to flee predators to modern exit strategies in marriage and career, he traces how the drive to escape is wired into human biology, and callers share how economic pressure, caregiving, and difficult relationships trigger that ancient fear.