imagine a girl who has grown up in deprived circumstances receiving from her socially unresponsive parents little by way of care and attention. in infancy and early childhood, the few good images her experience afforded her ware grouped together. the rare occasions on which her parents or other people behaved positively towards her gave her a taste for the kind of relationship the would satisfy all her needs. her good experiences have made it possible for her to imagine such a relationship with an ideal or idealised person