= 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
=== protector of pleasing others ===
* protects the middle child
* this is my dominant shadow personality
* strategy = "perform flawlessly according to the standards of the people around me and I will get a substitute for the mirroring which the middle child needs"
