Stonewalling is a tactic commonly used by bullies wanting to control, humiliate, and frustrate a target who attempts to resolve a conflict through reasonable discussion…
Author: Magda Gee
I am in a program of recovery for those whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking, drug use, mental illness. I am newly learning faith, hope, and courage, practices not witnessed by me, in my childhood, with my family. Sadly, No Contact, as a last resort, is how I keep safe from diminishing words and actions directed at me. I think I have listened for the last time to how I deserve mistreatment. By holding out for something more wholesome and loving, I have been both banished and demanded to return. I prefer serenity to proximity. I will continue with my program and faith in the best possible outcome, so long as I do my part-- to stalk GOD as if my life depends on it.
http://www.janeclapp.com/attachment-deficiencies-and-emotional-hunger/ Living with lack of safe and secure attachment means we look for it until we find it. And, when we are particularly hungry due…
Definition of amen (this is highly relevant) —used to express solemn ratification (as of an expression of faith) or hearty approval (as of an assertion)…
Aaaah Sweet Enlightenment… after having grown up being told people cause other people’s bad behavior…but not their good behavior. My recovery teaches me otherwise and…
So many people get judged when they refuse to put their pain away. They get judged for showing it, for speaking it, for insisting on…
Triangulation can occur in any relationship, but it is very common in a relationship with a narcissist. It may happen at home, at work, with…
To me, winning means I get to discover and choose to be my best me. I get to strive spiritually every day, to live in…
I think the most wholesome thing I do for my children is teaching and allowing them to experience and process their feelings, and to acknowledge…
Thank God for Restraint…….as I surely had none before program. While I will no longer jump in the ring, the temptation to react to degrading…
Tension persists as my boys’ father, actively defies our legally binding custodial settlement. Feeling even more above the law, now cozy with my sister(married to…