Better Quote by Pete Walker

“Perfectionism. My perfectionism arose as an attempt to gain safety and support in my dangerous family. Perfection is a self-persecutory myth. I do not…

— Pete Walker

“The price of admission to a relationship with an extreme narcissist is self-annihilation. One of my clients quipped: “Narcissists don’t have relationships; they take…

— Pete Walker

“jeopardy, but that he is also “a sorry excuse for a human being”. Over time, the look can make the recipient feel terrified and…

— Pete Walker

“Dysfunctional emotional matching is seen in behaviors such as acting amused at destructive sarcasm, acting loving when someone is punishing, and acting forgiving when…

— Pete Walker

“This appears to be a mechanism of dissociation, and in this instance, it rendered my client amnesiac of my high regard for our work…

— Pete Walker

“Natural anger eventually arises when we really get how little and defenseless we were when our parents bullied us into hating ourselves.”

— Pete Walker

“Horrible world events, difficult choices, illnesses and periodic feelings of abject loneliness are common examples of existential pain.”

— Pete Walker

“Well-adjusted has come to mean unaffected. – Theodore Rubin”

— Pete Walker

“The survivor may, seemingly without reason, visualize someone being abusive.”

— Pete Walker

“[1] a minor upset feels like an emergency; [2] a minor unfairness feels like a travesty of justice.”

— Pete Walker

“Unfortunately, premature forgiveness strands us in relationships with our parents that are as devoid of genuine warmth and intimacy as ever. Unless we work…

— Pete Walker

“I also like to apply “good enough” to other concepts such as a good enough job, a good enough try, a good enough outing,…

— Pete Walker