The Other Laundry List Trait 2: To avoid becoming enmeshed and entangled with other people and losing ourselves in the process, we become rigidly self-sufficient. We disdain the approval of others.
Reading assignment for Trait Two:
Laundry Lists Workbook: Pages 12 and 13.
This week’s study questions are found on pages 15 to 17 of the Laundry Lists Workbook under the heading “Trait 2 Reflections: The Other Laundry List”:
- Describe ways you see enmeshment or unhealthy boundaries in your relationships.
- Describe ways you see healthy boundaries in your relationships.
- Describe ways you might be rigidly self-sufficient.
- Do I find myself disdaining approval of others? How do I externally and internally act out my disdain of others? Provide some examples.
- What did I learn to do when I was little to take care of myself because no one was taking care of me in this way?
- What happened when I was entangled and/or enmeshed with others as a child?
- What happens internally when someone tries to get close to me when I’m not ready?
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