Posted by annierose on April 6, 2007, at 16:16:27
In reply to Re: Group Update, posted by Dinah on April 6, 2007, at 10:37:21
Your thoughts of being the "good girl" and Dinah's response -- "If I'm not the good girl, who am I?" reminded me of something I read long ago in my college psych 101 course --- so who knows if this info still holds true today --- DECADES! later.
A young girl naturally goes through a rebellious period in her early to mid teens --- part of her seperation process from her mother. According to what I read, this is a vital step and needs to occur. I remembered as I was reading this that I never was a bad girl. I never wanted to upset the apple cart at home.
So maybe as adults, there remains this fear that if we don't behave perfectly, people won't like us anymore.I'm thinking, we need to do something wild and crazy .... and act rebellious for an evening ... hmmm....
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