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Autonomous Differentiation
Vicarious Anxiety / Projection
Enmeshment / Care Burden
Emotional Cut-Off (Estranged)
Bowen's Differentiation of Self: The capacity of an individual to function autonomously while remaining emotionally connected. In enmeshed systems, individuation is perceived as betrayal or family disintegration, sparking defensive counter-attacks.
Marcia's Identity Foreclosure: Premature commitment to goals, values, and careers dictated by authority figures without personal exploration or moratorium (e.g. compulsory medical school aspirations imposed at age 5).
Destructive Parentification: Distortion of generational boundaries where a child is drafted into instrumental caregiving or emotional stabilization of vulnerable siblings, compounding guilt during developmentally normative departures.