Trauma
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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
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True Courage
Im learning courage Not the courage to climb, to fight or to be successful Not the courage to be disliked, or happy But the courage to listen to the frightened parts of me The courage to love those parts The… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 