Yes. My DH got it from his mother. Naturally enough, they don't have any
contact - I imagine it was
the other parent who was holding things together, but he died.

Lesley

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> Actually, they say that PA is learned behavior from childhood. I believe
> firmly that my pa hb's family pretty much indoctrinated him to be the way
> he is. His father is PA and his mother was a coercive, abusive
> person--classic family dynamics for someone to become PA.
> This doesn't mean you have to continue to do PA behaviors, but they do
> 'work' and that's why it's so hard to recognize them as dysfunctional and
> why it's so hard to turn away from these behaviors. They do keep the PA in
> control, which is what they want.
> Jen
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