December 21, 2021:
They both though were punishers.
Theft, physical violence, verbal violence and emotional abuse.
Lies, disloyalty, narcissism, toxicity.
Retribution, for imagined injuries and for the unfairness of things.
Karen Moody: punishing from projection, from insecurity over what might but hasn't happened.
Punishing by withholding: her love, their daughter.
Then that earlier avatar, punishing by withdrawal: sleeping on the floor, driving home when triggered.
It's all the same reflex.