She wants, in a way, to be treated like a child: never disappointed, always cared for, always protected from the cruelties and realities of ordinary life. And such a person demands that kind of treatment from other adults. But, although some people are able to offer that kind of support to an actual child, few would be able or want to offer it to another adult. Hence, this wounded self, which wants an extraordinary level of support and consideration—an impossible level really—by its very demand that such treatment be provided, is setting itself up for rejection. Then, when the inevitable rejection comes, the ego, the “self” begins to come apart, to disintegrate, and the anger, mood swings, and all the rest follow.