Differentiation
Telling your mother you want to go to college in another state
I feel like I need to explore more about myself without familial influence.
Daughter is angry with her mother and vents to her father.
I feel like this is an example of triangling.
What is emotional fusion?
I think that emotional fusion is togetherness with your family or partners but not having emotional freedom.
I moved to a new state for college and do not plan to move back because my family stresses me out.
I feel like this is an example of emotional cut off
What differentiation roughly analogous to?
I believe that differentiation is roughly analogous to ego strength.
What is the importance to the third party in a twosome?
I think that the addition of a third person in a relationship decreases the anxiety and spreads it across three people instead of two.
What can emotional fusion lead to in children?
I believe that fusion can lead children to have emotional distance from their parents, have physical or emotional dysfunction, have overt conflict, or project their problems onto other people that have relationships with.
What is emotional cutoff?
I think that emotional cutoff is how people manage anxiety in their relationships.
What does lack of differentiation in a family produce?
I think that if a family is undifferentiated it will lead to reactive children, which can result in emotional overinvolvement from the parents.
What drives an emotional triangle?
I think that anxiety is the main driving force in creating emotional triangles
"People with limited emotional resources tend to project their needs onto each other"
I feel like this is an example of emotional fusion
What do people often confuse emotional cutoff for?
I think the answer is “maturity”
What is the difference between people who are differentiated and people who are undifferentiated?
I believe that the difference is that people who are differentiated are able to balance thinking and feeling while undifferentiated people are very reactive to those around them and are easily moved to emotionality.
What is a main problem with triangulation?
I believe that one of the main problems with triangulation is the it let's an individual let off steam but it freezes the conflict in place
How is emotional fusion related to emotional cutoff?
I think these concepts are related because if a family is more fused, it produces more reactive children which can lead to emotional cutoff.
Why do people develop emotional cutoff?
I feel like they create emotional cutoff to manage anxiety in relationships.
How is a “functional” level of differentiation established?
I feel like it is through the quality of current relationships.
What is the benefit of a therapist neutralizing a family triangle?
If a therapist is able to stay detriangled, the family system is more likely to remain calm and discuss and work out their dilemmas.
Synonym for emotional fusion
I feel like “multigenerational emotional process” is a synonym for emotional fusion
What are some ways that people exhibit emotional cutoff?
I believe that a few ways that people show