Syntax highlighting of 3ab701e ~( Soul_Work_Mythology/Cast_of_Characters)

= cast of characters =
== children ==
=== soul child ===
 - has wonder, joy of being, simple love
 - needs nurturance and safety
 - co-opted by many protectors who claim to be shielding her
=== teller of tales ===
 - has creativity
 - co-opted by protector to build a world of safety by explaining all
=== middle child, teller of tales ===
 - has drive to explore, ability for friendship
 - needs mirroring and companionship
 - the most protected one
=== child of stillness ===
 - has ability to simply be
 - needs stillness, drifting, undefinedness
== protectors ==
=== protector of isolation ===
 - protects the middle child
 - strategy = "don't try to connect with the people around me, connect with Bach and Issac Asimov"
=== protector of son-ambulance ===
 - protects the child of stillness
 - strategy = "when life is too overwhelming and the obsessive one will not let go, simply go to sleep"
 - strategy = "fuck you I won't do it"
 - when he steps down, I am able to judiciously take the stillness the child of stillness needs and the middle child is freed to tell amusing tales
=== protector of understanding - the obsessive one part 1 ===
 - protects the middle child
 - strategy = "understand people around me, so I can hold back my love when I might not get the mirroring I need"
 - when he steps down, the middle child and the soul child are allowed to freely feel my love for the people around me