We are, all of us, beautifully crazy or, to put it in gentler terms, fascinatingly unbalanced. Our childhoods, even the apparently benign ones, leave us no option but to be anything else. This article is free to read. | | | Those of us inclined to believe that events in our childhood must play a critical role in determining the course of adult lives may sometimes step back and ponder an acute question: How come I am in such a bad way, given that nothing especially bad ever happened to me early on? | | | Knowing more about our Emotional Inheritance (from our family) enables us to watch out for peculiar behaviour, feel sympathy for ourselves, explain ourselves to others and, in small ways, change. Consider the inherited, familial aspects of the central pillars of your Emotional Identity. What was it like in your childhood around the following themes? Self-Love - Did you feel loved?
- How much of who you really are were you allowed to be?
- Were you allowed to fail?
- Were you made to feel guilty and ashamed? How?
- How was the bad side of you received?
Trust - Were the people around you confident about the world?
- Did they panic acutely?
- Did they lose their temper regularly?
- How worried were they about your health?
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