Carried: Shin Problems (II)
“The move is required, everyone can see it's required, and I am going to make this take three years.”
A change that circumstances have already decided on is met with resistance rather than refusal — the destination is not disputed, only every step toward it. Delay costs more than the change would, and the delaying produces the stumbles that then get cited as reasons for more caution. The reasoning is historical: in childhood, change reliably meant deterioration, so the safest available position was to stay exactly where things were. The shins take the knocks of a body moving badly. What the shape asks for is one step taken at full commitment rather than several taken half-way.
Lot lingering at the gate while the city burns, needing to be taken by the hand and led out. The form implies a task: to walk out under one's own power.
- Essence
- The Sentinel
- Rule
- Every time things changed at home, they got worse.
- Body zone
- The shins; the leading edge of a body moving badly
- Archetype
- Lot
- Emotional theme
- Ambivalence toward required change; dread that any move worsens things
- Behavioural pattern
- Foot-dragging; self-sabotage during transitions; conceding a change while resisting each step
- Family dynamic
- A childhood in which change reliably meant things getting worse
- Core wound
- Every time things changed at home, they got worse.
- Exit
- Taking one step at full commitment instead of several at half.
What is the "Carried: Shin Problems (II)" pattern?
A change that circumstances have already decided on is met with resistance rather than refusal — the destination is not disputed, only every step toward it. Delay costs more than the change would, and the delaying produces the stumbles that then get cited as reasons for more caution. The reasoning is historical: in childhood, change reliably meant deterioration, so the safest available position was to stay exactly where things were. The shins take the knocks of a body moving badly. What the shape asks for is one step taken at full commitment rather than several taken half-way.
What does "Carried: Shin Problems (II)" sound like when it shows up?
The move is required, everyone can see it's required, and I am going to make this take three years.
What is the archetypal form of "Carried: Shin Problems (II)"?
Lot lingering at the gate while the city burns, needing to be taken by the hand and led out. The form implies a task: to walk out under one's own power.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.