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I think I finally get it. Or at least, I’m getting it in a deeper way. In a whole-body, brain and heart, I can feel it in my bones kind of way.
In the past few weeks, I’ve have the opportunity to experience first-hand some extremely dysregulated behavior in my office. In two circumstances, I couldn’t do anything except stay calm and wait. In a third, I could have chosen a different path (the situation was a bit more contained and I had more power than in the other two circumstances, which were much more vulnerable), but didn’t. I fully embrace the truth that I am not triggered by a dysregulated child in the same way that a parent would be. I don’t feel as wary. I don’t have the same level of attachment involved, which always muddies the waters. But I think it’s because of these very facts that I was able to maintain the clarity that allowed for this profound knowing to take place.
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I think I finally get it. Or at least, I’m getting it in a deeper way. In a whole-body, brain and heart, I can feel it in my bones kind of way.
In the past few weeks, I’ve have the opportunity to experience first-hand some extremely dysregulated behavior in my office. In two circumstances, I couldn’t do anything except stay calm and wait. In a third, I could have chosen a different path (the situation was a bit more contained and I had more power than in the other two circumstances, which were much more vulnerable), but didn’t. I fully embrace the truth that I am not triggered by a dysregulated child in the same way that a parent would be. I don’t feel as wary. I don’t have the same level of attachment involved, which always muddies the waters. But I think it’s because of these very facts that I was able to maintain the clarity that allowed for this profound knowing to take place.
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