Guilt
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I think I’m being abused I said Tentatively Because, I was scared to say it out loud Because, I didn’t want to admit it Because, I thought I’d be responsible for the abuse Because, it was always my fault Because, i couldn’t be abused, I’m male I think I’m being abused Is that a possibility?…
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I wonder – does ‘grief-guilt’ exist? Not the ‘I should have done this’ ‘ I could have prevented something happening’ kind of guilt – when there is grief – a bit like this But more, like , that feeling when you’re expected by other people to feel grief for the loss of something – and…
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‘When we (Men) reach out and be vulnerable, we get the shit beat out of us… and dont tell me from the guys…but from the women in our lives So I started interviewing men and.. You show me a woman who can sit with a man with real vulnerability – ill show you a woman…
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Don’t you be so selfish You were such a spoiled child, I had to get that out of you Don’t you even dare even ask for that You need to think about things from my point of view Ultimately there is no avoiding this, with psychopathic, emotionally immature parenting, or a situation of emotional abuse,…
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I dont deserve to feel warm (Me, aged 9) I cannot remember what I had done. But whatever it was I had been punished for it and then I felt guilt and self loathing afterwards. All your Sins can be removed if you accept Jesus into your life (Childrens worker, John Wilkes, 1989, at my…
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It was part of my healing that some of my guilt turned to anger. When I realised that what I thought was my fault was a burden that wasn’t mine to carry As I discovered that someone else’s emotions are not my responsibility. Until then I took it on myself to clear up their emotional…
James Ballantyne 