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The letter any Narc Abuse survivor could write.
It changed my entire life when I was able to stand back, to stand in some safe distance from damaging relationships and realise what the patterns were of them. Even now, I have to remember what I know , and… Continue reading
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There’s no such thing as bad feelings.
Every time I click onto my ‘WordPress’ app on my phone it gives me a different question prompt for the day, as an example, todays is ‘What do you know about where you live’ , and normally, because there’s often… Continue reading
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The Sound of Silencing (How to lose friends and manipulate people)
Im giving you what I know. From what I have heard, directly. As I was watching in a fascinating documentary recently on the development of Art in America (‘The Art of making it’- I think) , they used the phrase… Continue reading
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Male Sensitivity : Part 1 (Realising my own)
Toughen up You need to stand up for yourself Wimp You’re being sensitive Softy Pussyfoot And the ultimate.. Stop being so Gay. All words Ive heard in my life, some at school, some in places that were meant to be… Continue reading
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Realising…Its My Life
I thought to myself today I am loving my life. I am living my life. Even on a wet sleety, snowy day in the North East of England. Then I realised. If I am living my life now… Whose life… Continue reading
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The two things that robbed me….of myself.
If yesterday I wrote about my own joinery from self loathing and denial to becoming more self referential, respectful and also giving space to trust my feelings. Today I’ve pondered the question – what happened to me, so that I… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 