SUBJUGATION
● Your negative
expectations about the consequences of expressing your needs and feelings to
significant others are exaggerated—you need to learn that you are acting in a
healthy manner when you express your needs and feelings appropriately
● using imagery
and/or a writing exercise to express anger and assert your rights with the
controlling parent or other authority figure—expressing anger is crucial (anger
is not purely for ventilation, but to feel empowerment to stand up for
yourself)
● It is vital
to select relatively non-controlling partners and friends
● Assertiveness
techniques can help you learn to assert your needs and feelings with others—you
can work to individuate from others
● You need to
identify your natural inclinations and practice acting on them—use imagery and
role-play, and then express these preferences for real as a homework
assignment.
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