Emotional abuse
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Me and the Colour Purple (Part 9)
Theres a reason why I made the logo to this page purple. Purple became a healing colour for me. As a weird coincidence I watched 2 films in the summer before I left the family home for the first time.… Continue reading
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Preventing the take-over when the abuser gets in touch
Anyone panic when that message or that text or email arrives? From ‘that’ person? Its like a shock, a reaction, pangs of fear, of guilt and brain on overload… Sometimes it is just better to block them, to avoid this… Continue reading
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The Breadcrumbing tactic
One of the confusing things about growing up and living with someone who is emotionally abusive (and this also applies to physically abusive too), is that they are rarely abusive all the time. Some people are, and that id learned… 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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The Power of Story: Healing through Harry Potter
‘Why are you reading those, they’re just children books’ I once said to my late friend Bex Lewis about 7 years ago, and then I sat with her and watched a scene of one of the films, one with dementors… 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
James Ballantyne 