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Defiance

Due to Rejection or Lack of Control Over Belongings

Hidden Resilience:

Memory and Seeing Connections

Is learned when:

  • People’s need for belonging is not met

  • They feel rejected, isolated, or lonely

  • Neglect either emotional or physical

  • Or, when people do not have control over their own belongings.  For example, when people in congregate settings, children in foster care, or people who are homeless lose their belongings over and over again.

The drive behind the behavior:

Rejection or Lack of control over your belongings

Steps to take to meet those needs:

  1. No in Translation.

  2. Meditation that focuses on exits and edges.

  3. Help them go on the search for a safe location (as small as a corner or large as a storage unit).

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