Dialectical Journal Part 22 Analysis

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Part 21 involves P3’s thoughts on a sense of security in the relationship. He discovers reasons for staying the relationship is due to his attachment with his pets and daughter as well as his own employment issue. He describes that he is not obsessed with money in stanza 108. Then he tells that he is destitute and needing to borrow money from his father now that Faithe left him. These comments suggest that he has a tendency to avoid participating in things that can create a sense of security in his life. For P3, a sense of financial security is one reason he stayed despite a sense of isolation and loneliness in the relationship. Part 22 focuses on his internal experiences of loneliness in the relationship with Faithe. He places emphasis on …show more content…
First he shares symptoms of his anger experiences. He notices an increasing anger at other drivers in the road. His instinct is to get angry and express his anger (in his own car). However, he also shares his attempts to calm himself down. He notices that sometimes he cannot help himself but become angry. He then notices that he avoided anger when he was in the relationship. His comments indicate that for him, he responds to his anger differently nowadays. He recalls walking around anger in the relationship and not feels it very much, whereas today, he does feel anger …show more content…
He tells past experiences that indicate that he does not belong or fit in with the group of people whom he finds himself. He does not relate to their mentality. Therefore, for P3, types of job that he tends to find are unsatisfying. As he narrates his experiences at work places, he realizes that his partner shares mentality of those who he does not relate. Then he recognizes that her tendency to prefer simplicity in life frightens him. He does not want a life that “everything is plotted out” (stanza 137). This acknowledgement leads him to conclude once again he and his partner needs “different things” (stanza138). P3 is uncomfortable with and frighten of having a life that is set in the advance. Such notion is anxiety producing for P3. Being with someone who seemingly prefers having a set way, he developed “really impressive anxiety” and other symptoms of emotional challenges (stanza 140). Until now, however, not all are recognizable for
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