Trauma
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Growing though Trauma (personally and collectively)
In my last piece I shared a little about how we love ourselves through healing, what it means to be kind on ourselves, as we do so, forgiving our missteps, not over dwelling on the tiny attempts to try that… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 7) Self-sufficient me had to ask for help.
I had no money, no job, no knowledge of where the next week was and was told to be out of my house. Self sufficient me. For the best part of the previous 18 months I had been trying to… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 18) Terrified by breakfast table Jesus.
Christ is the Head of this house So far, in parts 1-17 of my story of what I needed to do to survive psychopathic parenting, I have talked alot about emotional abuse, emotional neglect, narcissism and the drama triangle, and… 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
James Ballantyne 