Tag: Detachment
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How to Train Your Detacher
How do you teach a detacher to attach?
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Behind the Man
What would you see if you could look behind the scenes in the life of someone with an addiction? What areas would be strong? And what areas would be weak? And why would it be so hard for an addict to change?
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What Detachment Looks Like
According to attachment theory you have two types of people, attachers and detachers.
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Living Safe but Stunted
Your world view was shaped by your growing up experiences. If your family was close, you learned good connecting skills. If they were distant you learned how to live detached.
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Why I Avoid Connection
Dear wife, you recently asked, “Why do you struggle to connect with me?” I’ve been wrestling with that question. God recently showed me the answer.
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Depth Comes from Relationship
As I looked at this man’s life, I realized he had no deep male friendships. No one really knew him.
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Two Types of People
We are made for fellowship, union, and oneness. We are better in relationships. God calls us to oneness.
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Story from my Childhood
The choice is yours to live open and connected, or live private, closed, and disconnected.
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Loners and Connectors
You only have two choices in life: You can be a loner or a connector. If you’re single, being a loner works just fine. But if you’re married and a loner, there will be problems.
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Loner Learned Lessons
Your childhood isolating skills will help you survive difficult parents. They will not help you develop a rich, deep, emotional, marital connection.
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The Detached Man
Stephen writes from the perspective of a detached man, struggling to connect.
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Emotional Detachment
What if a couple were raising a son and they argued and bickered all the time. Finally they divorced. The son tried to be helpful but eventually he just withdrew inside himself. That son would probably have and use these skills as his primary skills.