Journey
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Recovering and Healing (Part 4) Healing the Toxic time
Time is something Abusers like to control It’s also something that exists in a weird dynamic for them. When you dont reply to them, or include them they say How dare you not reply to my message! Or, maybe less… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 3) Discovering the real me
As well as the space to discover what was good for me, to see the situation pdf my marriage, and childhood, in a new light, and to get therapy to help me with tools, part of my recovery and healing… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 2); The book that saved my life
Ask yourself the question; ‘What book saved your life’? If you are in anyway spiritual, then it might be likely that a sacred text, the Bible or the Ko’ran might be the book that went some way to saving your… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 1) Discovering Appreciation
Its such a trivial thing, I said to my therapist (almost as I put on my jacket to leave at the end of the first session) But I’ve realised how much I like to feel appreciated Me, early 2019 ‘Its… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (part 16) Putting my feelings in shutdown mode
Im not going to feel that now No, its not going to hurt me, I’m going to go rigid Switching off Numb I decided not to feel anything from a long time ago. It was the easiest thing at the… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 15): Learning to walk small.
The only way to survive navigating walking on eggshells with an abusive parent, or partner, is to make yourself as small as possible. In that way less of you can get cut on the sharp shells. Theres sometimes at least… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 