There are two types of “4 to 6’ers”
- Born-again 4 to 6’ers are those who grew up in volatile or violent homes and decided they don’t want to feel such strong pain so they’ll consciously overcompensate and narrow their emotional range in order to protect themselves from getting hurt (this is called a corrective intergenerational script).
- Second-generation 4 to 6’ers are those who grew up in “comfortably numb” homes, and they are replicating what they experienced as normal (which is called a replicative intergenerational script).
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