Attachment Issues

You go to a workshop, or you schedule an appointment for a therapist, or you do something about working with issues from your past, issues stemming from your childhood relationship with your mom and dad. If you do any of these things, most likely you are a woman. Men often have a harder time with this sort of thing than women do. If you’re what some consider a real guy, then you’re certain this psychological stuff is for sissies, is a total waste of time, or worse. If you are not inclined toward self-help, meditation, therapy, and that sort of thing, then you may characterize those who are so inclined as navel-gazers wasting their time and energy.

“The past is past,” you may say.

Your thoughts on the situation may be captured by the bumper sticker that says, “We all come from dysfunctional families. Get over it.”