Andrew

[Andrew]

I just saw I posted in Jesus Carlos’ journal instead of mine.

Jesus Carlos Journal

This helps me understand how I am also doing this behaviour. It is as Richard put it “ One sets them free of ‘my’ graceless demands … ‘my’ endless neediness born out of being alone in the world.” I do in other ways. Obviously, I chose at some point to single out my mother’s style of demanding recognition as being particularly obnoxious, but I do this very thing in my own way. The demand for recognition, especially when I am successful at something has always been strong. On the flip side, th…