Instead of dealing with
these underlying feelings of inadequacy, the jealousy turns into little digs and insults when they are together.
Not exact matches
It is our job as parents to identify our
underlying feelings of fear,
inadequacy or shame — or whatever
feelings you keep hoping won't get triggered.
I have found that the Naural birthers, AP, and lactivists that I have met over the years actually have personality and / or life style deficiencies that cause them to need to
feel like better parents, due to their own
underlying feelings of parental
inadequacy, either real or imagined.
The belief here is that couples end up
feeling angry or numb as ways
of protecting themselves from
underlying feelings of pain, loneliness, rejection, or
inadequacy.
Once in couples therapy the
underlying shame or
feelings of inadequacy of the dominant partner can be brought to light, and the dominant partner can be helped to tolerate these
feelings, rather than hide them.