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Hostile Dependency: Is Your Wife, Girlfriend or Ex a Child in a Woman’s Body?
There’s new article on www.Shrink4Men.com that discusses hostile dependency and how it manifests in relationships with abusive, high-conflict and/or abusive personality disordered women. It examines the missed childhood developmental milestones that cause the problem and the natural anger and resentment of men who are in relationships with these women.
Here’s the link:
Hostile Dependency: Is your Wife, Girlfriend or Ex a Child Masquerading in the Body of a Woman?
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