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part of the claim as i understand it is that you actually do - there's a sort of P vs. NP claim that if you're capable of recognizing good parenting then you must have a copy of good parenting in your system somewhere to compare it to
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in the attachment repair course we were given actually a description of what an ideal parent is supposed to do which i found surprisingly helpful. here are the "five elements of secure attachment" (i was most surprised by "unconditional support for exploration")
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i think a move i might be doing is trying to imagine my parents doing the ideal thing instead of imagining ideal parents i think some part of me just wanted my parents to be ideal parents and not have to do any of this work uh oh i am feeling feelings
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ok so i just brought those ows to imaginary ideal parents and that was def interesting and more effective than usual
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thanks u two! new insights! and an appreciation for how different we all are. and of how similar.
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