minimization – I Have Something To Say

Love Bombing And Other WMDs

Abuse survivors are usually wary of new relationships for extremely good reasons that are not their fault. Almost always, the

Healing from narcissistic and emotional abuse is a lifelong unraveling. One has to scrape through many layers of gunk made

I grew up in an extremely dysfunctional home with a raging, alcoholic, narcissistic father. I still carry a lot of

A couple weeks ago, my daughter had a medical emergency. I was four hours away. My husband and I had

I study a lot of stories, and I am well-versed in the power of inspirational stories to uplift and entertain

It seems the deeper I journey into the healing and recovery process, the more I find that much of our

Recently, I wrote about the ways “It’s not that bad” has kept me from owning and validating the true cost

I imagine most of my posts this week will be about processing the almost-crash we experienced, here. I’ve been doing

I just spent the last few days on retreat, where my family later joined me. It was some much needed

I consider myself to be fairly self-aware and introspective. I’ve always been willing to look at my life and my