If anything, him coming from a broken home made him want to *teach* & *fix* even more so, not necessarily because he's perfect & has it all worked out, but because he can't stop trying--he's been trying since he was a kid. It's the ACA-slash-codependent thing to do. He does it with everyone.
Yes, this. It's the exact thing people with those types of family situations do. They want to fix things. White knight syndrome. Sweets kind of does the same thing. They are remarkably similar in that way, which is another reason I'm now starting to feel (although I adore Sweets) that he can no longer be an effective therapist for Booth. He's bonded with Booth too much on a personal level and I think he identifies with that part of Booth that wants to fix everything all the time. Not that being a fixer is inherently bad, but the problem is that people who do that tend to spend so much time fixing and nurturing other people, that they never do it for themselves.
Re: Brennan, I look at it like this--start with Asperger's, & then pile on trauma on top of that. It's a LOT.
Oh yes. I mean tbh, the trauma is bad enough. I think some people can't understand it. If you haven't been an abandoned child, you can't really get how profoundly it affects someone. That's all I'm going to say about that. But add to that Asperger's and you've got like a perfect storm of troubled relationships and emotional fallout that can last forever.
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Yes, this. It's the exact thing people with those types of family situations do. They want to fix things. White knight syndrome. Sweets kind of does the same thing. They are remarkably similar in that way, which is another reason I'm now starting to feel (although I adore Sweets) that he can no longer be an effective therapist for Booth. He's bonded with Booth too much on a personal level and I think he identifies with that part of Booth that wants to fix everything all the time. Not that being a fixer is inherently bad, but the problem is that people who do that tend to spend so much time fixing and nurturing other people, that they never do it for themselves.
Re: Brennan, I look at it like this--start with Asperger's, & then pile on trauma on top of that. It's a LOT.
Oh yes. I mean tbh, the trauma is bad enough. I think some people can't understand it. If you haven't been an abandoned child, you can't really get how profoundly it affects someone. That's all I'm going to say about that. But add to that Asperger's and you've got like a perfect storm of troubled relationships and emotional fallout that can last forever.