The strength of Sloth and the fixation of Self-forgetfulness cause the people with this predominant instinct to use the original drive of growing to merge with the other, to psychologically become the other, forgetting their own needs and taking on those of the other.
It’s as if this person says: "Alone, on my own, I can’t grow; but if I'm with you, I can."
This subtype is correctly said to represent a kind of parody of the evolutionary path of every human being. Th...
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