Parenting defiant trauma
attached to both hurt child
and wounded parent
needing to continue
co-invested relationships,
positive and constant,
without breaks
in healthy communication,
direct
and, if possible,
playful
Counteracting fear
that both TraumaChild
and I
will pressure ego-me
to choose a Win
for Self
to lose relationship
by distancing from Other;
To choose Me
over We.
I want to choose both Defiance
and Deep Listening
playing win to win together
co-passionate,
positive,
healthy communication
Frustrated by
Lose-Draw-Win
triage decision-making
As if emotionless withdrawn
leftbrain...
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