Pinksoil I agree with Perna's post. You know I always felt I idolised my adoptive father too,. Then one day I was talking about my fears of wasps and bees and remembered how my father would catch them and chase me with them.

I was all of a sudden sad that my father did this, that he wasn't the caring safe person I'd always believed him to be.

They say its not until a client is well into the therapy process do they let go of the idolised father figure. If indeed they ever do, hence we have a world that idolises "gods".