If asked to pin one vital point of this series of posts to a bulletin board, this is what
you'd see:
A
family tragedy during the early stages of development, can split the layered strengths of a child’s sense of
self awareness straight down the middle, like a streak of lightening splits
the layered trunk of a healthy tree.
So high spirited, independent Annie had reason to develop into an cautiously watchful
child, who will feel fearful of not pleasing people wherever she goes.
At those times when Annie sees herself as not pleasing, she’ll seek safety in invisibility …
for this reason:
Invisibility
feels less painful than abandonment … and thus when high school stories finally flow from my memory, naturally, we'll watch Annie unwittingly reject herself, repeatedly …
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