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Pavlov explains *everything*

I made this early in the year, when I was working to figure out why I do things that mess up relationships — why I didn’t want to see my dad at the end of his life, why I don’t call mom & friends enough, why my first marriage ended, why I sometimes recoil from certain kinds of commitment and need. If I can make my rational brain understand, perhaps I can override the poor conditioning.

[Update, 9/15/9: I considered calling this diagram "how crazy people fucked me up", or "okay, bitches, you owe me for all of that therapy, cuz it's your goddam fault!" but thought those might be a little too on-point.]

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009 at 9:57 pm and is filed under coping and dealing, getting healthy, me, mental illness, my family. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Pavlov explains *everything*”

  1. Nathan D says:
    September 16, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    I hate to admit it, but my first thought was about that translucent pen ;)

    Thanks, once again, for the brave self-disclosure.

  2. Janice says:
    September 16, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Thanks nathan. The pen does rock, doesn’t it? Prismacolor 40% warm grey.

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