@sophiajanuary8228

2 months ago

why Courtney is abusive towards Duncan. There are multiple reasons why a partner can be abusive, in Courtney’s case I believe that she is suffering from a mental illness of some sort, she is also a high functioning sociopath. I suspect that she may have developed the mental illness over time, the most likely cause is having an unstable or violent family life during her formative years. All of this evidence of abuse brings another aspect to question: Why does Duncan stay with Courtney? The answer is simple, yet complex. Many people with a criminal past have low self esteem, I can imagine that because he hides many aspects of himself his self esteem is not very high. There's also a large possibility that this abuse is something that Duncan grew up exposed to, therefore believing that this may be a normal aspect of a relationship. The most clear reason though is that Duncan loves Courtney, or at least he believes he loves her, he may see it differently. He may in fact have originally seen love as a survival technique or been imagining it and convinced himself overtime that it was real. I also came to another conclusion after studying Duncan as a character. He is delusional, has low self esteem, can be hostile, does not commonly express emotions and cannot always tell reality from what is fake. These are all early symptoms of schizophrenia, therefore Duncan may in fact be at risk of becoming a schizophrenic. Sorry if this was long and I may be wrong on info since I’m just observing-

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