Carried: Measles (Infectious viral disease)
“I feel hunted and attacked for simply being who I am, so I concluded I can't be myself, and I grieve that.”
It shows as a felt persecution, a sense of being unsafe, betrayed, rejected and attacked, that hardens into the conclusion that one cannot be oneself, carried with real grief. It grew from a self-involved family who responded to the child only as it suited them. What it asks for is a place safe enough to be oneself in, so the conclusion can be tested and revised.
Actaeon, who through no wrong of his own was turned into a stag and hunted down by his own hounds, destroyed for what he had become rather than anything he did. The form implies a task: to find ground where one is not hunted for simply being what one is.
- Essence
- Wrong at the Root
- Rule
- I feel hunted for being who I am, so I decided I can't be myself, and I grieve it.
- Body zone
- A felt persecution; being hunted for who one is
- Archetype
- Actaeon
- Emotional theme
- Feeling unsafe, betrayed and attacked; grief at not being able to be oneself
- Behavioural pattern
- Concluding one cannot be oneself; keeping the real self hidden
- Family dynamic
- A self-involved family who responded to the child only as it suited them
- Core wound
- I feel hunted for being who I am, so I decided I can't be myself, and I grieve it.
- Exit
- Finding ground safe enough to be oneself, and testing the old conclusion.
What is the "Carried: Measles (Infectious viral disease)" pattern?
It shows as a felt persecution, a sense of being unsafe, betrayed, rejected and attacked, that hardens into the conclusion that one cannot be oneself, carried with real grief. It grew from a self-involved family who responded to the child only as it suited them. What it asks for is a place safe enough to be oneself in, so the conclusion can be tested and revised.
What does "Carried: Measles (Infectious viral disease)" sound like when it shows up?
I feel hunted and attacked for simply being who I am, so I concluded I can't be myself, and I grieve that.
What is the archetypal form of "Carried: Measles (Infectious viral disease)"?
Actaeon, who through no wrong of his own was turned into a stag and hunted down by his own hounds, destroyed for what he had become rather than anything he did. The form implies a task: to find ground where one is not hunted for simply being what one is.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.