ABSTRACT

These two personality types frequently form a psychological bond, or should I say a “bind”! Together they enter into what I call a psychological “dance” and either consciously or unconsciously stir up highly charged feelings that fulfill many early unresolved conflicts. The revelation is that each partner needs the other to play out his or her own personal relational drama. Within these beleaguered relationships are two developmentally arrested people who coerce each other into playing certain roles. Each partner brings archaic experiences embedded in old sentiments into their current relationship. Their “dance” consists of interactions that are repetitive, ongoing, circular, and never ending, with each partner constantly stirring up the other’s psychological area of painful injuries (also known as the V-Spot) without ever reaching any conflict resolution.