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Reached for: La Crosse-Game

Contact is the whole point. If nobody's hurting, what are we even doing?

Hostility is carried into the body and delivered as impact, with hardness held to be the only respectable way of occupying a space. It was taught in a household where aggression was the working language, so force became the first available means of contact with anybody at all. What it asks for is one exchange that lands without weight behind it.

The Archetypal Form

Cain in the field, whose first answer to a grievance was his hands. The form implies a task of finding a second answer before the hands arrive.

The Algorithm
Essence
The Sealed
Rule
The only contact I was ever offered came with weight behind it
Classification
Substance / Activity
Hard contact sport, physical collision, force
Archetype
Cain
Emotional theme
Hostility as the native tongue
Behavioural pattern
Heavy-handed aggression carried into every arena and enjoyed there
Family dynamic
A dysfunctionally aggressive household where force was ordinary
Core wound
The only contact I was ever offered came with weight behind it
Exit
Making contact once without force in it
Frequently asked
What is the "Reached for: La Crosse-Game" pattern?

Hostility is carried into the body and delivered as impact, with hardness held to be the only respectable way of occupying a space. It was taught in a household where aggression was the working language, so force became the first available means of contact with anybody at all. What it asks for is one exchange that lands without weight behind it.

What does "Reached for: La Crosse-Game" sound like when it shows up?

Contact is the whole point. If nobody's hurting, what are we even doing?

What is the archetypal form of "Reached for: La Crosse-Game"?

Cain in the field, whose first answer to a grievance was his hands. The form implies a task of finding a second answer before the hands arrive.

This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.