VULNERABLE
OPERATE FROM THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY COOPERATIVE
FUNCTIONAL POWER POSITION OF

I AM OK - YOU ARE OK -- WITH LIMITS
Those who are Vulnerable have limits to protect themselves from ridicule, unnecessary harm, gratuitous insults, and people who will not take them seriously. “I will tell you about myself if you agree to listen, not laugh at me, no put-downs, and be supportive about my pain. And by the way, don’t tell me how to fix it or how that happed to you and it was so hard.”

The LIMIT here is about protections when sharing sensitive material about oneself. Protection comes from an active Parent-Adult system with rules and procedures for the interaction. The rules are not mean-spirited, but quite clear.


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