James
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10 Red Flags to Identify Emotionally Unhealthy Christians
Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse, Spiritual Abuse, CPTSD, Narcissm, Child abuse. This piece contains material that may cause a reaction. Following Tanya Marlows quite brilliant piece on the statements that Christians have used in the wake of the RZMI revelations, in… Continue reading
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I grew up with a psychopath in the home (and a christian one)
I grew up with a psychopath One of my parents is a psychopath. I don’t say this lightly. My mother is a psychopath. There, I said it. I grew up with a psychopath A christian one. Just saying this out… Continue reading
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The myths about parents that prevent truth of emotional abuse from being believed
One of the main reasons victims of abuse dont get believed is that the actions that perpetrators do is so shocking that no one could believe it actually happened. Ironically the same people who describe such things have to articulate… Continue reading
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Everyone knew…but everyone was terrified
‘All the same’, demurred Fudge, ‘they are here to protect you all from something much worse.. we all know what (Sirius) Black is capable of..’ , ‘Do you know, I still have trouble believing it, said Madam Rosmerta thoughtfully ‘Of… Continue reading
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DARVO; the pattern to get smart on
One of the benefits of being a survivor of emotional domestic abuse is that you can see the patterns of behaviour One of the disadvantage of being a survivor of emotional domestic abuse is that you can see the patterns… Continue reading
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The dawning reality, that your life was a lie
One of the things I have had to come to terms with is that my life as a child was a lie. It took a while and wasn’t the first thing I started to see in the last few years… Continue reading
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