The conference talked about love. It answered Whitie's question about loving oneself. It seems easier to love your neighbor but it is imperative to love yourself . Whitie is gonna love herself.
Last night ,Whitie took a bath with a Jasmine/Green tea Fizzie Ball.It felt good to FEEL present in her own body.
Whitie rejected herself in order to belong to a family. Whitie could never SEE mother or she would be banished. Everyone had to carry the BAD . Mother's emotional needs were first. That was the family rule.
Mother could never see her own face. That was a rule, too. Mother had to see herself as GOOD and you better be on the same page or else Mother got scary.
Mother could hurt you if SHE felt BAD. Mother had to be protected from SEEING herself. That was a rule. Mother was scary,mocking and mean. You had to tell her she was GOOD,GOOD, GOOD.
What could you do ,as a kid ? You knew something was not right but no one would tell you the truth.
Whitie held on to her mental health like pins holding a torn dress. If the dress came apart, you would be naked so you held it with the force of your being.
Whitie remembers trying to touch reality ,as if reality were a tangible thing. She would ask,"Is it real? Is it real?" She would look with her heart and her heart would tell her. Then, at 14, her heart turned over to the enemy and there was no more reality ; Whitie was a good German then.
There is something to Social Psychology. People function differently in groups. It is irrefutable. The group provides anonymity, safety and permission. The family is a group. Whitie's family was an insane group and Whitie submitted from sheer attrition of her defenses .
It happens. It is hard for Whitie to forgive herself. That is the hardest part.