Trauma
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 33) Fearing the Upset Parent
On the fear that she created, all around (TW) Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 32) How their ‘helpfulness’ hid the reality
I have shared before about growing up feeling incredibly alone. In that piece I referred to the fact that the Toxicity of my mother meant that family members were kept at a distance, physical or emotional wedges were dug in… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 31) It wasn’t a relationship, just roles being played.
A relationship cant be broken down, if there wasnt one in the first place Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 30) What 9 year old me had to Become
So, I didn’t commit suicide aged 9. But everything was pretty dark. I survived to tell the tale. To tell my story To be my story. What did I do? Age 9, in those dark moments? At the time, I… Continue reading
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Developing internal commitments to myself
I have stood and made a number of commitments to others. Commitments to workplace ideals and agreements Commitments to the terms and conditions of a large purchase Commitments to the planet as I have tried at times to reduce my… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 