- 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
