Discipline and structure are not punishment—they are the temporary overmastering of the emotive/childlike/spontaneous/undirected ego, forcing it to submit to a more mature superego (DrV's Daily5, v3)
Yes, I will make changes in the future, but this is sufficient for now. The only part that needs explanation is "my 5pSPMD" which I have described in the attached PDF excerpted from IM4 textbook
DrV’s Daily5 (version 3)
Discipline and structure are not punishment—they are the temporary overmastering of the emotive/childlike/spontaneous/undirected ego, forcing it to submit to a more mature superego. “Adulting” is self-care and self-generated (re)parenting—the true care, parenting, and preparation/planning that we never sufficiently received in childhood.
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