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Depth Psychology

12pieces on this thread. All topics.

Story

The Father and the Mother Make a Cage for the Boy

The Boy's parents — erratic Mothers, clockwork Fathers — build a cage around him: a story of the labels and expectations that quietly enclose a child. Poem

this One will live yet

Written alongside The Boy Jumps Ship, narrowed to the Stinger and the Stirring. Story

The Boy Jumps Ship

The Boy has been at sea all his life without knowing it. The day he wakes on the deck and sees the ship for the first time, he jumps. Story

The Soul Phone Won’t Stop Ringing

The Boy paces a hallway that will not let him arrive, between the bedrooms of his family, as the soul's phone rings and rings with news of death. Story

The Right Time for Coffee But Not for the Boy

'I don't have to make you packed lunches to love you,' says the Mother. A story of a boy who learns to fend for himself, and of love measured out. Library

A Narcissist’s Prayer

That didn’t happen.And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.And if it was, that’s not a big deal.And if it is, that’s not my fault.And if it was, I didn’t mean it.And if I did… You deserved it. anonymous, found at https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/comments/4nymz1/a_narcissists_prayer/, accessed 23.03.2020 Story

Of Grey Eyes Staring Black Holes Into the Wall

A scene from the Boy's childhood: the warmth of bedtime and being read to, and the grey eyes that stare black holes into the wall, slipping out of the shared world into an inner one. Story

The Scalding Porridge Remedy for Alleged Sibling Rivalry

A breakfast-table scene from the Boy's early childhood: a pot of piping-hot porridge, three small children, and a first reckoning with justice. Story

The Boy Slips Out of Himself

The Boy walks away from his family, closes his bedroom door and listens at the keyhole: a story of the secret, forbidden half-dark where he slips out of himself. Poem

Bits and Pieces of the Soul

A boy sits on the floor before a heap of shards and takes the broken pile for the centre of his life. Story

The Tale of Two Tomorrows

A fable of the Little Girl, the Old Man and a sycamore seed turning in a glass jar: every life is like a seed, and this is a tale of two tomorrows. Story

The Lifer

Short Story About the Awakening to an Imprisonment

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