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BainsBane

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10. Yes, it's crucial
Sun Oct 27, 2013, 08:40 AM
Oct 2013

When we hold on to grudges, we are the ones who feel that pain, not the person we are angry with. You forgive them for yourself, so that you can move forward with your life. In the case of parents, they can't change the past. None of us can. All we can do is create a meaningful relationship with them in the present. My sense is that you would not be leading the charmed life you describe if you had not found a way to move on from past resentments.

Also in the case of bi-polar disorder, you probably already know there is a very strong genetic component to the disease. You could have had the best parents in the world and still developed BPD.

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