Arianna Bustos’s Reviews > Healing Pluto Problems > Status Update

“DONT expect or insist on validation of your interpretations or on a commitment to change anything. That would be coming more out of your own ego and power needs, and it sets up a power struggle immediately that Plutonian are all too familiar with. You become the overwhelming, intrusive parent, snooping in their diary.”

PG 167 “Linda was gay and had opted out of the traditional female role. The aunt had married only to conform to convention; she never wanted to be a mother, but she had no conception of any options. When a child was born to her, her rage at the infants demands and at being trapped in this role became overpowering.”

“Some people decide to become living human sacrifices, stoning for the other person’s death by wasting their lives, perhaps becoming addicted to something. This is an extremely destructive manifestation of guilt (therefore implying a strong UNDERLYING RESENTMENT) and can be helped by the tools we have been using”

PG 122 “body work releases stored emotions and allows them to reclaim their enjoyment of their bodies. Naturally, it might be hard to allow male therapists to work on them, and it might also be unwise to go through some of the more painful forms of body work, like rolfing, where the pain could translate emotionally as another period of abuse.”

“Listing the people you feel guilty about towards is helpful in other ways. It establishes the boundaries of your guilt, so that it is specific rather than limitless. You can then decide whether your guilt was real and merited, or whether it arose out of a power trip. Even in some situations where you more or less deliberately hurt someone, you might consider whether or not the desire to hurt came out of…1/2”