The theory says that the exile pops up occasionally in different scenarios and then you're going to feel a lot of guilt because that's sort of what that exile is about. Then there's this other part, this manager part that's trying to basically protect that exile part. It almost begins to seem like being possessed by ghosts or something, right? So I mean, the main book that I've worked with doesn't distinguish super cleanly, but I would say the distinction there is the manager's trying to prevent the feeling from being triggered at all. And then the firefighter is a different type of protector that once it is sort of triggered too much, it tries to make it so they don't
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What is the Internal Family Systems model? What kinds of information do our emotions give us? How many agents live in our heads? And, if there's more than one, how well do those agents cooperate? What is operant conditioning? What is attachment theory? How does parenting differ from animal training? Is decision theory able to unify many different psychological theories?
Divia Eden has always been interested in understanding how minds work, and she currently spends most of her time unschooling her three kids. You can find out more about her at becomingeden.com or follow her on Twitter at @diviacaroline.
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