still holding on - 4

[Old Dog]

I don't know u, but if you do remember this. Detachment is:

• Developing and maintaining a safe, emotional distance from someone whom you have previously given a lot of power to affect your emotional outlook on life
• Establishing emotional boundaries between you and those people you have become overly enmeshed or dependent with in order that all of you might be able to develop your own sense of autonomy and independence

Not that I'm any good at it.