quiz 2 Flashcards
4 forms of marriage
- romantic
- rescue
- companionate
- traditional
romantic marriage
lasting, passionately sexual relationship
rescue marriage
provides comfort and healing for past traumas
companionate marriage
friendship and equality
traditional marriage
clear division of gender roles
antimarriage
emerges when the negative aspects of each marriage type begin to dominate
romantic antimarriage
freeze into a self-absorbed, child-like preoccupation with eachother. This leads to them turning their backs on the rest of the world, including their children
rescue antimarriagw
replaying earlier trauma; wounding and abusing one another
companionate antimarriage
becomes like a brother/sister relationship; no sexual/emotional intimacy, like roommates
traditional antimarriage
only focus is on being parents, see eachother as parents not partners, have nothing other than being parents in common
why does a 2nd marriage carry potential for an antimarriage
preoccupation with previous marriage failures can keep the marriage from thriving
symbol
will keep a couple together (ex: a song)
sign = sacrament
drawn / thrown together
is it easier to lie or tell the truth
tell the truth, as the more honest one is, the easier it will be to continue being honest. allows you to live in the open and free from fear
why is balance a discipline?
because giving something up is painful
peck on depression
it is normal and healthy
becomes unhealthy when the person fails to give something up
love– peck
to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth
why is “falling in love” not the same as love because:
- it is sex-linked and erotic
- a temporary feeling
ego boundaries and falling in love
ego boundaries: separate us from the outside world and give us control. The more we cathect, the more these dissolve
when falling in love, ego boundaries drop, which is bad because
– it merges identities
– is a biological trap for us to marry
cathexis
the process of attraction, investment, and commitment
process by which an object becomes important to us– a “love object”
doing this to another person does not always mean we care for their spiritual development
Dependency as a form of antilove because:
it seeks to receive rather than give
co-dependency
an unhealthy version of dependency
passive-dependent people
are too busy wanting to be loved, that they have no energy left to give love
why would a neurotic make a good parent?
they can accept their faults when raising children
neurotic vs character disorder
- neurotic: think everything is their fault
- character disorder: does not accept their own faults