You wanted to keep her in the kitchen with you, safe from the terrifying world outside. Where people might kidnap her, might hurt her, might take her away from you. Which would effectively end your life. That’s what you transmitted to her, that’s the burden she feels. That’s why she feels that you and her father are always watching her, always trying to take care of her. She knows it’s because you love her, she got that message. But she associates love with worry. She doesn’t know that it’s possible to love someone without constantly worrying about him or her. She thinks she has to worry about
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