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Demands Versus Preferences
Thom’s Nutshell:
If you measure your well being according to how others treat you, you are choosing a life over which you have no control. This is voluntary victimization.
Allen brings in his study of a “reflective sense of self” as we discuss the ways our difficulties with emotional sobriety impact those we love. Thom and Joe re-explore stoicism through the lens of emotional dependency. Our fear of life is really a fear of emotions.
Patrick reads a passage from Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay Gibson.
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