Childhood Abuse
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My healing started the day I realised that my mother is a narcissist.
This was an important day in my healing journey. Continue reading
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Without
I often get the question; ‘What was it like growing up with your parents?’ – especially those who have read my story. Ill tell you. In a moment.. Im just reading Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perrys book ‘What Happened to… Continue reading
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EMDR and my Anxious Mind
When I got triggered by something a few weeks ago I went into a bit of a spiral. Downwards. And I forgot. My mind went into overdrive The words, fears and punishments from my childhood got relived into my present.… 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 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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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 29) Actually I nearly didn’t.
How I wanted to Escape it all, Aged 9 Continue reading
James Ballantyne 