lifetime of inattention to his emotions and his relationships was perched precariously over a childhood of profound psychological neglect. While Thomas kept a clear focus on his “life goals,” the future he wanted, he had utterly disregarded his history. He had turned his back on the past he no longer wished to be a part of. The problem with his strategy of disowning pain was that his feelings did not cooperate very well. David Ingles turned his back on the depressed, vulnerable boy inside himself, only to wind up replaying the scene of his injury with his own son.
