By Janet Geringer Woititz
Janet Woititz, mom of the restoration flow, sensitively addresses the obstacles of belief and intimacy that kids study in an alcoholic kinfolk. She presents feedback for development loving relationships with buddies, companions, and spouses.
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Someone (anyone) else's opinion often influences yours. So, if you have been working on being your own person, and having confidence in your decision-making skills, you may feel threatened by the idea of involvement with another person whose opinions and ideas will be important to youand may influence you in ways you don't want. " What it does mean, is that you will "check out" many of your perceptions, opinions, and responses more carefully, to see where they are coming from. This provides valuable information for you.
The Adult Child never got to be a child. He did not have the experience of being spontaneous, foolish, childlikeof doing the things that children normally do. He did not have an opportunity to experience fun, or even to know what fun is. Although he knows what it is to be worthless or impulsive, the experience of having fun is something that, if experienced at all, was negligible. This causes a degree of sadness, which makes it harder to feel free and spontaneous in any relationship. This causes depression.
I am talking about the type of individual with order in his/her life, the person who can predict with a reasonable amount of certainty what tomorrow will bring. This also is someone who will Page 14 behave, feel, and think tomorrow much as he/she behaved, felt and thought today. The challenge to win the love of the erratic and sometimes rejecting person repeats the challenge of your childhood. You are grateful when the inconsistent person throws you a crumb, but get bored quickly with the one who is available all the time.