Love this! So clear and succinct. I really appreciate the way in which you have framed these concepts as complimentary life skills. I would also say that unburdening yourself without accountability leads to victimhood. Without acknowledging our part in something, we are limited to how much we can take action and change!
Thank you for your great information! Growing up I was left very confused by the contrast filled interactions and relationships with many of my immediate family members! Our temperaments were very mismatched! Especially because I did not experience this kind of toxicity anywhere else! As I put the pieces together I didn't really like the picture! I recognized a low level of self awareness with chronological and emotional development which continue to be a unbalanced! Before I even really knew the terms I began to interact with unconcern with the orchestrations and exhausting validation seeking! For what it is worth these negative examples helped me move on quickly. Yet decades later we use the same words but speak different languages, the few remaining elderly family members remain unchanged! The whole scene is a hard pass!
