Another Thanksgiving
For only the briefest of moments, I considered feigning, here, as if I felt purely serene and celebratey about today, Thanksgiving. But why? For whom would I be posing? Recovery frees me from…
Healing After a Lifetime of Invalidation
Thoughtful Cruelty I obssess reflect often on how my reactions to trauma—my insecurity, shame, and depression—were treated harshly by the very people I depended on. I was openly and collectively…
Raising Boys Amid Trauma, Silence, and Emotional Games
Artificial Indifference Artificial Indifference. Finally—a name for the thing that was sought, feigned, and revered in my family, and later in an equally dysfunctional marriage. I see my younger son…
Why I No Longer Engage With Passive-Aggressive ConflictToday v. Yesterday
When I choose to confront something happening right now—something I see as worth addressing—and someone tries to shut me down by dragging the conversation into the past, I finally understand…
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