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    1) The document discusses the concept of "relational enmeshment of entangled minds" where individuals have poorly formed self-identities and their sense of self is defined by their relationship to their parents. 2) In enmeshed relationships, boundaries are porous and individuals naturally absorb each other's feelings and thoughts, which can become toxic depending on the level of parental involvement and control. 3) People in these relationships have poor insight into dynamics and become lost in a world of pseudo-feelings, losing sight of others and themselves. The painting represents different emotions and ideas shared between two enmeshed individuals.

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    1) The document discusses the concept of "relational enmeshment of entangled minds" where individuals have poorly formed self-identities and their sense of self is defined by their relationship to their parents. 2) In enmeshed relationships, boundaries are porous and individuals naturally absorb each other's feelings and thoughts, which can become toxic depending on the level of parental involvement and control. 3) People in these relationships have poor insight into dynamics and become lost in a world of pseudo-feelings, losing sight of others and themselves. The painting represents different emotions and ideas shared between two enmeshed individuals.

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    1) The document discusses the concept of "relational enmeshment of entangled minds" where individuals have poorly formed self-identities and their sense of self is defined by their relationship to their parents. 2) In enmeshed relationships, boundaries are porous and individuals naturally absorb each other's feelings and thoughts, which can become toxic depending on the level of parental involvement and control. 3) People in these relationships have poor insight into dynamics and become lost in a world of pseudo-feelings, losing sight of others and themselves. The painting represents different emotions and ideas shared between two enmeshed individuals.

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    ART & PSYCHIATRY

    Relational enmeshment of entangled minds!


    Sravanti Sanivarapu
    Senior Resident, St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. E-mail: drsravanti@yahoo.com

    Bonds of enmeshed relationships know no boundaries and it is not an easy task to untangle them. Self-identity is poorly
    formed and it is the relationship that defines the individual caught up in parental needs. The limits are so porous that feelings
    and thoughts are imbibed almost naturally. It can even get toxic, which is determined by the degree of parental involvement
    and level of control over individual’s life. Insight into its dynamics is poor. Intertwined and engulfed in the emotional ties,
    the person is lost in an arbitrary world of pseudo-feelings, loses sight of others and eventually loses himself. In the painting,
    the arcs in different colors represent various emotions and ideas that are shared, the fragile mesh represented in black
    separates this unique bond from the outside world and the background in peach is individual’s space that is hardly visible.

    It surely makes one ponder if these minds ever try to break free to enjoy autonomy and freedom of thought and expression
    or are they just living a personal myth? - Art by Dr Sravanti Sanivarapu

    384 Indian Journal of Psychiatry 56(4), Oct‑Dec 2014

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