We Need To Talk With Kris Godinez
Health & Fitness:Mental Health
04-30-2023 Movies TV shows that send the wrong message
So many of us have read romance novels or watched tv shows and movies, especially rom-coms, that send the wrong message. Messages like “You CAN change them!” “Stockholm syndrome is okay and will end well!” “Treat the partner like crap; they will love you more!” “Lose who you are in order to become what the partner wants!”
Many of those novels, tv shows, and movies have normalized abuse in some form or another. Fairy tales are read to children, and they are particularly dysfunctional and have many themes of unrealistic relationships and abuse. Little ones grow up having those “But it should be this way because of this book, tv, or show I saw in their heads. When our inner child is running the show, those thoughts become prevalent.
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