You also feel. you have a much higher chance. to make Alec fall in line. Even if you'll feel like shit about it.
[ He holds up a finger. ]
I'm not saying that's true. I'm saying. From talking to you. That is. your baseline assumption. And it makes you more comfortable. With accepting help. Because there is, in your mind still a... pecking order.
[ There's a long pause before he speaks again. ]
You're applying Schenkel dynamics, captivity dynamics, to a post-captivity existence. You aren't an inmate. You shouldn't be an inmate. But you've tied yourself, and your ideas of how social dynamics work: as a pack, and as a community, to that captivity mindset.
Alpha wolf. Pecking order. Levels of dominance. A fear of being perceived as weak or incapable, those things having greater cost than failure. Or stagnation.
[ He shakes his head. ]
You have to admit you're not an inmate. Where it matters.
For yourself. For Trevor. For Iris and I. For Alec.
no subject
[ He's going to be a little unpleasantly frank. ]
You also feel. you have a much higher chance. to make Alec fall in line. Even if you'll feel like shit about it.
[ He holds up a finger. ]
I'm not saying that's true. I'm saying. From talking to you. That is. your baseline assumption. And it makes you more comfortable. With accepting help. Because there is, in your mind still a... pecking order.
[ There's a long pause before he speaks again. ]
You're applying Schenkel dynamics, captivity dynamics, to a post-captivity existence. You aren't an inmate. You shouldn't be an inmate. But you've tied yourself, and your ideas of how social dynamics work: as a pack, and as a community, to that captivity mindset.
Alpha wolf. Pecking order. Levels of dominance. A fear of being perceived as weak or incapable, those things having greater cost than failure. Or stagnation.
[ He shakes his head. ]
You have to admit you're not an inmate. Where it matters.
For yourself. For Trevor. For Iris and I. For Alec.