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Rated: 13+ · Interactive · Psychology · #2339469

Here I will talk about characters from films, cartoons and TV series and their psychology.

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Chapter #3

Broly, the emptiness of who raised without love

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Broly is the legendary Saiyan, born with extraordinary power but lived in the shadow of a tyrannical and possessive father. His destiny is marked by the fear of his own potential, which for his father represents a threat and a weapon at the same time.

Broly's collar is not only an instrument of physical control, but also a symbol of emotional imprisonment. Broly is forced into silence. His mutism represents the repression of his feelings, the impossibility of expressing the pain that devours him. He is the symbol of toxic parenting, where love is conditioned and emotional freedom is denied.

What happens to children who live a childhood of abuse, violence and lack of recognition? What do we become when in our father's/mother's eyes we only see hatred, frustration, anger, danger or emptiness?

Although there are personality traits already in early childhood, our identity is built based on the image that the world gives us back. In the eyes of a parent, teachers, friends and our partners we understand our value.

As much as we can work on ourselves, mental health is also a social fact. A supportive environment can even favor the intelligence of an individual. Not to mention self-esteem and the very meaning of our existence.

Jung wrote:
"The unconscious does not speak our language. It expresses itself only through images, symbols and repressed feelings."

Many people who perceive anguish and existential emptiness live in what in psychology we call "alienated self". Those who do not receive love develop a fragmented and vulnerable identity. When pain explodes, it transforms into a destructive force as happens to Broly.

This force can be heterodirected, when destructive and antisocial behaviors develop. This force, however, can also become self-directed, leading to substance abuse, self-harm and negative thoughts about one's life.

Like Broly, many live with a void that seems unbridgeable, but recognizing that void is the first step to breaking the cycle of violence. They hated us so much that we learned too soon that it was right this way. We learned to hate ourselves through the hatred of others.

But another way is possible... always.
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