What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the
time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not
vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more
physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect
We all take turns being the
vulnerable — we were all once kids, we all have
times when we're sick, particularly overburdened, or for whatever reason emotionally, mentally, or
physically distracted in our lives.
During his visit, for the first
time in his life, Wolverine becomes
vulnerable both
physically and emotionally; now facing his own mortality he'll have to do battle with Japanese Yakuza, Ninja, as well as his own personal demons.