Hi Kate. Those of us who feel this to our heart, had a memory at the service for each of the examples you just used. Being praised, compared to others, being remembered constantly to not make mistakes because you are not "like the others", and as an adult I've been thinking about this, and how it shaped my life, so I randomly find your article for a few years ago, and you basically said it all, and I love that you are using your profession to change that behavior.
OH MY GOODNESS!! THIS STATEMENT: "I now understand that to be a “pleasure” means to be without complication. How I was able to contort myself to making others believe I was without complexity for so many years is a mystery." Lived experience here, too. May we recover in bold, loud complexity.
Hi Kate. Those of us who feel this to our heart, had a memory at the service for each of the examples you just used. Being praised, compared to others, being remembered constantly to not make mistakes because you are not "like the others", and as an adult I've been thinking about this, and how it shaped my life, so I randomly find your article for a few years ago, and you basically said it all, and I love that you are using your profession to change that behavior.
Thank you for reading, Jorge, and for taking the time to share your reflections.
OH MY GOODNESS!! THIS STATEMENT: "I now understand that to be a “pleasure” means to be without complication. How I was able to contort myself to making others believe I was without complexity for so many years is a mystery." Lived experience here, too. May we recover in bold, loud complexity.
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