Good, better, and not enough
Last week, Ed, my friend from the mountains, visited for our week together and we had such a nice time doing the most basic shit. Yardwork, making food, checking out…
For me, the crushing depression and anxiety engineered by the system kept stuck in survival mod. Thus never able to self actualize. See Maslow’s Hierarchy.
A family scapegoat isn’t created because one person is broken, but because the system resists looking at what’s hurting it.
Cycles of Healing
I wouldn’t have chosen the things that harmed me, but I’m grateful and proud of how I’m allowing myself to be shaped by them. Recovery keeps teaching me about mercy,…
The Pattern of Punish, Shame, Rescue: What I Finally See
Who in your life held you in unconditional high regard and rooted for you, ride or die, 24‑7‑365? Who in your life consistently instilled messages of doubt, fear, shame, guilt,…
Out Of My Control- In My Control
CPTSD often occurs as a result of being made to feel unsafe because of your identity. Feeling powerless to change who and how I was, made me fearful, anxious, aggressive,…
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