Emotional abuse
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Not many say this and live to tell the tale, though if you have been following along with my other posts, you will know that not all psychopaths are serial killers, some happen to be church leaders, with this being one of the top 10 professions where a psychopath might be. My psychopath was on…
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Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse, Spiritual Abuse, CPTSD, Narcissm, Child abuse. This piece contains material that may cause a reaction. Following Tanya Marlows quite brilliant piece on the statements that Christians have used in the wake of the RZMI revelations, in it she identifies a number of phrases that then get banded around, often excusing, minimising…
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I grew up with a psychopath One of my parents is a psychopath. I don’t say this lightly. My mother is a psychopath. There, I said it. I grew up with a psychopath A christian one. Just saying this out loud is pretty phenomenal, or is it? I mean didn’t you all do the facebook…
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In my last piece I shared a little about how, based on Lindsay Gibsons book, ‘Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents’ , I coped with this by becoming an internaliser as opposed to reacting to it as an externaliser would. In this second part I though I would summarise some of the behaviours that are characteristic…
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Sorry, for being late Sorry for not being early Sorry for not asking Sorry for asking Sorry for not being good enough for you Sorry that I didnt did everything you expected me to Sorry that Im not smiling today Sorry for being too sensitive, when I dare stand up to you Sorry seemed to…
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I am now in the fourth season of growing chillies, I planted the current crop from seed in January, and now 25 (sorry 24, I gave one away) plants adorn my small flat, taking up window sills and the balcony. I think ive eaten 6 green fruits and I’m giving the chance for the other…
James Ballantyne 