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Pushed away: Onions

I'll tell you plenty about myself. None of it will be the thing.

It withholds by layers rather than by silence, offering disclosures that are true, detailed and never the actual matter, so it can be open in manner and unreachable in fact. Parenting that could not be trusted made full disclosure into a hazard and partial disclosure into a craft, and the resulting separateness has widened until it registers as a condition of existence rather than a habit of speech. What it asks for is one disclosure made at the level under the one usually offered.

The Archetypal Form

It echoes Peer Gynt with the onion in his hands, stripping off one skin after another and naming each one a part of his life, and arriving at the middle to find there was no middle. The form implies a task: to stop peeling and say the thing.

The Algorithm
Essence
The Sealed
Rule
Telling anyone the actual thing was never safe there, so I got good at the near-miss.
Classification
Substance / Activity
Onions
Archetype
Peer Gynt
Emotional theme
Openness in manner, unreachability in fact
Behavioural pattern
Layered withholding; a separateness that has generalised into a sense of cosmic isolation
Family dynamic
Untrustworthy parenting that made full disclosure hazardous
Core wound
Telling anyone the actual thing was never safe there, so I got good at the near-miss.
Exit
Making one disclosure at the level under the one usually offered.
Frequently asked
What is the "Pushed away: Onions" pattern?

It withholds by layers rather than by silence, offering disclosures that are true, detailed and never the actual matter, so it can be open in manner and unreachable in fact. Parenting that could not be trusted made full disclosure into a hazard and partial disclosure into a craft, and the resulting separateness has widened until it registers as a condition of existence rather than a habit of speech. What it asks for is one disclosure made at the level under the one usually offered.

What does "Pushed away: Onions" sound like when it shows up?

I'll tell you plenty about myself. None of it will be the thing.

What is the archetypal form of "Pushed away: Onions"?

It echoes Peer Gynt with the onion in his hands, stripping off one skin after another and naming each one a part of his life, and arriving at the middle to find there was no middle. The form implies a task: to stop peeling and say the thing.

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

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