Today let’s talk about authority figures.
Has a situation ever made you feel like you were the small child in front of the teacher’s desk,
afraid you had done something wrong?
I felt that way many times, and it was something I learned growing up in an alcoholic family – where Dad was the ultimate authority, and I had to do whatever I could to appease him. At work, if the boss wanted to talk to me, I felt like I was being called in front of my junior high principal, and I always expected something bad to happen. As I became aware of my behavior, I could change that, and see myself as an adult when interacting with other people. It has taken a while to reprogram those old tapes, but it has given me a freedom to not “stand in front of teacher’s desk” all the time.
Do you ever feel like the small child in front of that authority figure?
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Classroom lone student by Keith Ellwood @ Flickr.com – Creative Commons – Some rights reserved.
Dan L. Hays offers encouragement for adult children of alcoholics.
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