Posted by Medusa on January 25, 2004, at 15:24:05
In reply to family's ideas about education?Medusa, posted by gardenergirl on January 24, 2004, at 10:17:29
> Both seem quite intimidated about my own education. I get so frustrated and hurt by their smarmy and snide attempts to make themselves feel superior.
>See if you can get a copy of Mary H. Jacobsen's book _Hand Me Down Dreams: How Families Influence Our Career Paths and How We Can Reclaim Them_.
Here's the amazon link - not to be doctored or have affiliate code added or otherwise edited by moderator or anybody:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/060980264X
The appendices have exercises that can seriously wipe you out if you have issues with this stuff. I bought the book probably five years ago, and am just now dealing with the subject, with help of this family systems therapy I'm doing. (They didn't recommend the book - we got to this topic, and I remembered I had the book and the lists of questions perfectly match what I'm working on.) It's hard. The clarity is brutal ... but is giving me hope.
For me, these issues are at the core of much of my depression. Depression (and all related ick) is such a clean and tidy punishment for my daring to push the limits of the system.
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