“how can she rise with me on the crest of my genius during those dusky beautiful hours after school, and then at night, because I will not eat some string beans and a baked potato, point a bread knife at my heart?”
- Alex, Portnoy’s Complaint Page 17 Disorganized Attachment is viewed as the most harmful out of all the attachments a child can have towards his/her parent(s). “The child is caught in a terrible dilemma: [emotional cruelty and frightening behavior] her survival instincts are telling her to flee to safety but safety is the very person who is terrifying her… In these situations, children typically disassociate from their selves. They detach from what is happening to them and what they are experiencing is blocked from their consciousness.”
- Alex, Portnoy’s Complaint Page 17 Disorganized Attachment is viewed as the most harmful out of all the attachments a child can have towards his/her parent(s). “The child is caught in a terrible dilemma: [emotional cruelty and frightening behavior] her survival instincts are telling her to flee to safety but safety is the very person who is terrifying her… In these situations, children typically disassociate from their selves. They detach from what is happening to them and what they are experiencing is blocked from their consciousness.”