Thank you for this precise understanding. Even I liked it because of the same points. Actually, Anupama is a victim of abuse and that's why these are still her coping strategies. Trying to make everyone happy but herself, so that she doesn't get left alone. And truth be told, once abuse is inside the family, the cycle repeats in the next generation too. Which is what Anupama is now perpetuating. Most families right now are suffering from this same thing and knowingly or unknowingly passing on their trauma to their kids. It is difficult for people like Anupama without therapy to come out of narcissistic traits due to their long-term trauma of abuse because she doesn't even realize it. She had been treated the same (taken for granted), and now she thinks that's how children should grow up (samajhdaar), which is just mentally unhealthy. In reality, if this was not a show, Anuj should have taken her to a therapist when he knew she was in a toxic environment and a victim of abuse (emotional abuse is also abuse) to get rid of make her aware of the shit she is up against. Criticizing her won't work, she will only end up losing her mental health and her self-esteem (she already lost it when she was married to Vanraj) because she clearly needs guidance of a professional. This is the only way she won't give that trauma for free to choti Anu.
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