Beautiful piece of work, Brian. Really speaks to me. Also, look into "The Double Bind"; I have videos of Watts speaking on this very thing with that title. I love the way he boiled The Double Bind into one simply sentence.
"You are required to do something that will make us happy only if you do it voluntarily."
A tricky concept. It’s illuminating to hear him describe this very common phenomenon and how it can express in psychological disorders, particularly when enacted with persistence, as in the case of trauma-based mind control (I was reminded of Jay Parker’s descriptions of his own childhood experiences).
If anyone would like to hear the aforementioned talk by Watts, it can be found here: