October 16, 2023
Have you considered the possibility (part 1)
x From the viewpoint of a tendency to depression, people can be divided into two categories, the outer- and the inner-directed….
The outer-directed person puts what faith he has in other people and so risks constant disappointment.
He is forever seeking something outside himself to believe in: a person, a system, a belief, a cause, or an activity….
Offhand this might seem a positive approach; on the surface it appears he is involved and doing things.
But the doing is for others, and it is done with the unconscious expectation that the others will recognize his worth and respond with love, acceptance, and support.
(Continued tomorrow.)
October 17th, 2023 at 9:25 am
[…] (Continued from part 1.) […]