parenting
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 15): Learning to walk small.
The only way to survive navigating walking on eggshells with an abusive parent, or partner, is to make yourself as small as possible. In that way less of you can get cut on the sharp shells. Theres sometimes at least… Continue reading
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Unlearning the Evangelical Self Loathing
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… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 11): Being the Trophy child
Theres a weird dynamic that I had to wrestle with in talking about all of this stuff. Its knowing that as I grew up as the older child of the psychopath parents, I was the trophy child. So, when talking… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 