A legitimate bout with illness such as a heart attack or stroke rightfully requires care by family members or medical professionals. Yet there is a risk that caregivers then continue their view of the patient as “not OK” despite their recovery. A mother who survived a broken hip may find her children refusing to let her do anything in the house, where assistants and maids now intrude in her space.
This was necessary while the mother was in the hospital but is not necessary now. Yet the family members who are viewing the mother as “not OK” refuse to accept her requests to send these people away. The temporary assistance becomes a new status quo.
The mother is left without control over who enters who home and may even be left in worse long term shape as her assets are drained for caregivers she doesn’t require or children grow resentful for paying for the care.
Elders can strike back by giving in to their child-ego, making irrational demands of others or meddling in relationships. They may also become needy after the activation of their child-ego, becoming the adult equivalent of a child begging for contact and interaction with adults.
In repetition:
Activation of the (seemingly) present-day child-ego occurs when we revert to a childlike state. This does not mean that adults abandon all logic or hide in a corner, sucking their thumb. Activation of the (seemingly) present-day child-ego results in adults making decisions based on emotions, whims, primitive fears, deference to parental figures despite their own opinions or a refusal to think about the consequences.
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(continued from part II)