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Let’s rename them for a moment: Because the sweetness of the house was never a gift. It was a trap. And the candy? It was the bait of abandonment.

Hansel gets locked in a cage. Gretel pretends to be stupid. She lies to the witch. She says, "I don't know how to check the oven." When the witch leans in, Gretel—a child—shoves a grown woman into the fire. candygrettel

Candy & Gretel survived because one of them was willing to get dirty. One of them was willing to push back. One of them realized that Let’s rename them for a moment: Because the

Candy and Gretel don’t just get lost. They are rejected . Psychologically, this is the core wound of every "people pleaser" or "over-achiever." They spend the rest of their lives trying to build a house safe enough to come home to, not realizing the person who locked them out was never coming back. It was the bait of abandonment