Mole
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As we start to individuate, we face the problem of how to end our emotional and financial dependence on our mother.
It is too big a step to take at once so we substitute our peer group for our mother. And cults like mbti provide us with a substitute mother as we slowly and painfully move towards our individuation.
The peer group is a fantasy mother, and we don't want to be rudely woken from our fantasy with mere facts.
But we start to succeed in our individuation when we start to prefer fact to fantasy.
It is too big a step to take at once so we substitute our peer group for our mother. And cults like mbti provide us with a substitute mother as we slowly and painfully move towards our individuation.
The peer group is a fantasy mother, and we don't want to be rudely woken from our fantasy with mere facts.
But we start to succeed in our individuation when we start to prefer fact to fantasy.