Why does someone suffering from the deep archetypal wound of betrayal seem to continually provoke rejection? It is almost as if something in him is asking for rejection. Such an individual often expresses just this view about himself. For some time I thought this was entirely owing to a fear of closeness, which exposes the old wound to further injury. This certainly made sense until I realized that although the wound may be exposed in the openness of a close human connection, it is the childhood experience of betrayal and rejection which caused the wound in the first place. Therefore, when a
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