April 2, 2015
Tender Re-emergence
Raging Against Our Neediness
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When dependency needs in childhood are denied,
the child is made ashamed of his/her own needs repeatedly…
The rage he/she feels towards the neglectful parents is used to repress the neediness about which now even he/she has grown intolerant.
So the aggressive energies of the psyche are turned back upon the dependent aspects and we have an internal environment where self attack for neediness is a constant occurrence.
*Excerpted and edited for this blog from the inspiring book,
“The Inner World of Trauma,” written by Donald Kalshed.
