parenting – I Have Something To Say

When The Creepiest Stalkers Are The People Who Raised You

When I was thirteen, my father burst into my room while I was doing my homework, and demanded that

Before EMDR therapy, I previously did not consider myself a fearful person. If I felt threatened, I would quickly push

It’s been nearly twelve years since I went no contact with my covert narcissist mother, thirteen for my malignant narcissist

As I mentioned in Abusers Are Weird About Food, the common denominator of abuse is control. Abusers will use anything

The common denominator of all abuse is control. Of course, it’s no wonder that the things that are within our

I was the scapegoat in my family, and my older brother was the golden child. According to my abusive

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

My mother was obsessed with them, but I never figured out who they were. For a while, I thought maybe

When I was pregnant with my first child, I had panic attacks. I was terrified of having children, for good

One of the most overused platitudes I hear in response to toxic parents is that they must have meant well,