Sublime

People are neither isolated individuals nor mere parts of a greater whole. They are persons-in-community.”

She wanted the parents to shape an environment of self-respect and self-confidence, not just for the stammering child but for every member of the family, so that the whole atmosphere of the home was one in which people felt safe to change and help others to do so.

one might speak of the sort of person who disturbs the harmony of a group as self-centered, too. He’s someone who can’t operate in a group and prefers to act alone. He never stops to reflect on his actions, even when he’s late for appointments or fails to keep his promises. In a word, he is an egotist.

Parents as representatives of the culture have the responsibility to inspire their children with the values of the culture. They make demands upon a child in terms of attitudes and behavior that are designed to fit the child into the social and cultural matrix. On one hand the child resists these demands because they amount to a domestication of hi

The MEM’s unconscious mind is enforcing his Disloyalty Bind. Making bad choices keeps him dependent on, and loyal to, his mother.

Milton Erickson.

mind. Occupation in the company of other people is his best crutch.