“When feelings are not affirmed, they are split off from our sense of self.  We are beside ourselves.  The energy needed for direct coping with the world is lost to the inner warfare of keeping the prohibited feelings in check.  We lose all spontaneity.”
- John Brandshaw
Photo Credit: Flickr/ Olivia Bee

“When feelings are not affirmed, they are split off from our sense of self.  We are beside ourselves.  The energy needed for direct coping with the world is lost to the inner warfare of keeping the prohibited feelings in check.  We lose all spontaneity.”

- John Brandshaw

Photo Credit: Flickr/ Olivia Bee