Most spiritual teachings, either implicitly or explicitly, teach us to treat our [parts](Parts) like enemies. But [[Parts aren't problems to solve]] and [[There are no bad parts]]. Treating parts as the enemy or as a problem to solve mostly just encourages "enlightened" parts to fight against "unenlightened" parts. Parts are trying their best to help us in the only way they know how. But [[Protector roles that were in some way adaptive in the past may be maladaptive now]].