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RE: Is it possible to not be driven by need?
I appreciate you exploring these questions. I believe it is not only possible to transcend base instincts but that it is in the human imperative. I believe that the goal of human development is maturity and that when developing toward this everything else falls into place. Currently researching and writing for future articles about this.
As far as sexual abuse I bore a child fathered by a rapist, grew up with an evangelical closet self-hating gay preacher father who hated women (he hated everyone) and who also tried to kill me. I was taken away from him by the authorities (doctors at the the hospital). I may never recover from C-PTSD which I live with debilatating symptoms on an almost daily basis (it is a serious illness) but I can still develop toward maturity and not react to my illness.