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Why do people seem to have a need to frequently revisit old emotional scars?
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It is part of being human. Learning to cope with past psychological trauma is important to facing possible future similar trauma.
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This brings up another question: Does experience shape an individual's personality more so than genetics?
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As a clinician, I can say that both are equally important. I see the same cycle repeated for generations (self-abuse through alchohol, etc.). And then there are those that "end the cycle" - go to college, etc. Life it what you put into it. A three year-old dying of cancer is often wiser than a sixty year-old with lung disease.