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AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

#128: My Father Terrorizes Me • The Work of Byron Katie®

AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9870 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

My guest today has been suffering for years from fear of her father, who she sees as unkind, threatening, and very judgmental. This fear still keeps her from having a warm relationship with her father. All together, let’s do The Work!

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0:17.0

Hello everyone. Welcome to the work. The work is inquiry. It's a way to identify and question the thoughts that cause all the suffering in the world. My guest today is Newer.

0:19.0

And when she was just a little girl, her father came into her bedroom and she was unable to express

0:29.2

herself and he was she felt demanding that she express herself and she was so frightened.

0:36.0

He was impatient and hard and unkind and judgmental and she just was, you know, I think I'll end any more words for this and allow you to sit in it yourself.

0:53.7

So welcome to the work and our guest today, Noor.

1:00.6

Noor, you have a judge-your-ne neighbor worksheet.

1:03.0

Hello.

1:05.0

Hello.

1:07.0

Those if you're new to the work, if you're still hanging in with us,

1:11.0

those of you new to the work, the work is a way to identify and question the

1:17.8

thoughts that cause all the suffering in your world. So with Noir, we're looking at one situation and she's filled in a

1:26.1

worksheet and that worksheet has six questions on it and Norris fillp him in. Okay, so read number one, Nora.

1:37.0

I am heartbroken by my father because he terrorizes me with his anger towards me for not being who he wants me to be.

1:46.0

This is, I'm a little girl in this case, no, many years ago.

1:50.0

Yes, honey.

1:52.0

And what is the situation you're a little girl many years ago and where are you when he is

1:57.6

terrorizing you? Where is he? Where are you? What is the situation?

2:10.5

There are many many situations and that's one thing that is difficult for me like to pinpoint just one because you don't even...

2:11.5

The sensation of terror and it's just like maybe flashes of moments.

2:17.0

Did it happen in the kitchen?

2:21.0

No, it happened. For example, I feel like I am in my bedroom and I'm trying to speak to him, but the voice cannot come out. It's like I'm choked and I'm trying for him to understand or to

2:39.8

communicate with him, but he just, you know, is always nervous and I just can't even speak and he just frightens me, no?

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