Imago:

Imago (Latin for image) is an idealized mental image of familiar love formed in childhood that a person unconsciously seeks to fulfill in adulthood, leading to a partner who reflects both familiar love and unresolved issues. The imago incorporates both positive and negative traits, so future partners contain these qualities to fulfill one’s unmet needs and desires. shaping one’s sense of love is. Conflicts in adult relationships often arise because the partner’s behaviors activate these deep, unhealed wounds and survival patterns from childhood.