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Old Jan 22, 2018, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by unaluna View Post
Thats interesting that you said that you would owe something to someone if you offered these words? Did you mean that, or that you would owe something to someone if THEY offered YOU these words? Either way, yeah i get it.


An example i have is when my t offered me - see, i cant even say "gave", and it was prolly ten years ago now! - a coffee mug as a transitional object before he went out of town, and i BELIEVED for at least six months that he would ask for it back at any minute. Thats OWEING someone for attachment. It was like it was ingrained in me. But it was definitely carefully taught.


Something similar popped into my mind after I posted this.

Why do I see the words as something I have to offer someone else?

I can’t see them as something that would be offered to me that I would feel safe in accepting.

If I did accept it and it was “ok” I do think I would be afraid that it would be taken away from me.
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