I don’t deserve connection… I don’t belong… They never really accepted me and that hurts… I hate to be alone!

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I am not wanted… My needs are ignored… I want to be chased… Not wanted as a baby… I don’t want myself the way I am.

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– I am such a bitch, I can never get what I want.
– I *know* I Have to be special to get what I want.
– I’m powerless.
– If I get something good, bad things will happen.

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Shame: Something that is wrong about who I am… Guilt: Something wrong that I did… Should have… Jealousy and anger… I was so mean.

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– My Father was ____, and that makes me feel _____, and I want to feel ____.

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All physical beings seem to require attention and care. It is our job (on the primitive survival level) as children to engage with our care givers. Human beings will contort themselves in order to get attention and recognition, in order to be seen.

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We’ll look at some of the issues around Mother’s Day and help you tap through pain that might be in the way of having a better relationship with your mother (or at least feeling calm when you think of her).

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How much punishment do we need to inflict before we can forgive ourselves? How will we know when we can forgive ourselves? What would we need to do to be forgiven?

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Many people who carry this belief learned it when they were very young. As adults, we may not need a particular caregiver, but we are aware of needing our social network to receive the abundance we have (electricity, telephone, transportation, medical care, social connection). When we have a “not wanted” wound, any form of rejection or distance may trigger that fear and pain.

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What are family rules? Generational “laws of the universe” as your family understood them. Family rules limit us. They are what was decided in the past; they are not guidance for today.

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