Saturday, February 11, 2017

Healing Metaphors A-Z - Parasites

Parasites
Parasites are organisms that live within, upon or at the expense of a host organism. Having parasites shows a conflict between two opposite self-concepts: on one hand a belief that we’re parasitic and on the other an image of ourselves as being taken advantage of.

Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst, Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Chuck Spezzano is himself a very well-fed ectoparasite, i.e., a bloated tick.

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