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Not So Classy

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:March 20, 2020
Post category:Acceptance addiction dirty secrets Faith Intimacy Mindful Parenting Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma

I felt thrilled and a little proud-ish to have enrolled in a class at the local university. I was satisfied by my initiative, planning, execution, arranging time off work, applying for…

I Can Only Imagine

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:March 11, 2020
Post category:Acceptance addiction dirty secrets Faith Family Divider Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma

If the opportunity to exchange goodbyes with my mother had been possible... I would have wept, thanked, apologized, forgiven--even if she remained silent and unreceptive. It could have been beautiful.…

Just Because

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:February 29, 2020
Post category:addiction dirty secrets Faith Family Divider Intimacy Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma Triangulation & Smear Campaigns

I once did pretty much all of the same shit I now will not tolerate. In recovery, I am unlearning and growing, not pretending as if I have not been…

Emotionally Barbaric

Post author:Magda Gee
Post published:February 26, 2020
Post category:Acceptance addiction dirty secrets Faith Family Divider Mindful Parenting Self-Love Surviving Narcissistic Abuse Trauma

Emotionally stunted people fail to learn to accept, process, or even tolerate a full range of emotion, leaving them emotionally primitive—limited only to recognizing pleasure and displeasure. “Me like” (waves…