Looking back I don’t why I did it.  Over mothered? Dropped on my head at birth? It doesn’t really matter, the point is I was prone to the odd tantrum.

It is possible, painful though it is to admit, that I actually enjoyed it; wearing a little hurt on my sleeve as I bravely ‘soldiered’ on.

I guess it’s just about acceptable from a child, from a teenager it’s tolerated for a short time

– but from an adult? In fact the definition of an adult should really include emotional maturity as well as physical but I can say that in the former department I was lacking.  And then NLP happened, well as least Pegasus NLP happened.

See  also Sulking: getting the silent treatment

Today if the ‘wrong’ thing is said to me, as fast as a desire for a sulk emerges; a mirror reflection of my face appears, only with raised eyebrows and unwavering stare.  I find myself laughing at this adult self, even putting my tongue out but eventually stepping inside it and moving on.

Thanks to the team at Pegasus I realise that I don’t have to beat myself up about my personality traits, just recognise them. From this I can either be the guide or the guided but the choice is mine and mine alone. (Matt Swain).

Thanks, Matt for the feedback note and for permission to publish it. (Btw, Matt successfully completed our NLP Practitioner Certification Programme a few years ago and our Master Practitioner Certification Programme in January 2013.)

See YouTube intro to his book: ‘Backwaters’