There are other forms of adult child insanity, isolation, and manipulation that we engage in, which usually leaves us feeling abandoned, angry, or confused. Yet, we try again, repeating the same mistakes. Fueled by fear, our false self discounts real avenues of help. The false self chooses to reapply old thinking and behaving that guarantees the

We mask our efforts to control another person by appearing helpful.

We mask our efforts to control another person by appearing helpful.

There are other forms of adult child insanity, isolation, and manipulation that we engage in, which usually leaves us feeling abandoned, angry, or confused. Yet, we try again, repeating the same mistakes. Fueled by fear, our false self discounts real avenues of help. The false self chooses to reapply old thinking and behaving that guarantees the

When the breakup comes, the adult child experiences intense feelings of abandonment, which are linked to the childhood days of neglect and abandonment.

Am I isolating and not talking about what is really going on with me? Did I view anyone as an authority figure today and feel frightened or rebellious? Did I dissociate, fantasize, or become involved in self-harm today? Am I keeping secrets and feeling unique? Am I talking about my feelings? Am I being honest in my relationships or am I seeking

God. I am now ready that you should integrate my survival traits, which block me from accepting your divine love. Grant me wholeness.

We often do not believe we deserve happiness.

Change does not occur until the adult child does the Step work needed to curb the tendency to reach outside ourselves for love and affirmation.