L Lohan

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For some families bloodline is everything. Those who are descendents of royalty do everything in their power to keep the bloodline “pure”. Although Kate Middleton's life was much better than most people many called her a commoner and were aghast at the news that her and Prince William were getting married.
Nature: Family Issues
Many people believe that who we are is directly related to where we come from, genetically speaking. Studies show that many things that are common among one's parents is more likely to be the case with the children. Issues such as addiction, depression, and even poverty is more likely to happen among one's children. How does genetics play a part in issues such as poverty and addiction is a difficult question for some to ponder. However, one can somehow genetically equate one's lack of self control, or the ability to cope well with problems and this can then perpetuate cycles such as addiction or poverty.
Lindsey Lohan came onto the scene as a small child and blossomed before her fans. As the public watched her life, the world seen her begin to spiral out of control and everyone wondered why. However when one looks into Lindsey's upbringing you can somewhat trace her path. On the genetic side both of Lindsey parents have issues with addiction. Studies show that children of addicts are more likely to have substance abuse issues. In addition, the way both Lindsey father and mother may suffer from some type of personality disorder at the very least the dysfunctional manner in which the family handles issues only seem to contribute to whatever the underlying issue may be.
Addiction affects in so many ways from the actions of the addicts to the subsequent actions of those affected. Its a vicious cycle an...

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.... Lohan's life is a series of highs and lows that stem from an apparent dysfunctional childhood and seems to fit the ideas that fall in line with Freud’s theories. For instance, Freud discusses unconcious motives, this is clearly exhibited by Lohan's cries for attention in the form of bad behavior and bad decision making. Abnother aspect is Lohan's hypersexuality compounded with heraddiction all seem to fall in line with the theoires of freud.
In conclusion, Lohan's life can be parralled to a wide number of psycholocial issues. The earkly stardom, the addiction, the dystfunction, and the lack of strong parenting figures all contribute to who Lohan is some of the aspects were aroubnd from birth lohan is strongly predisoposed to dealing with a wide variety of emjotional and mental issues, however much of her life was perpetuated by her Hollywood stralet environment.

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