Never an I Love You A life reduced to introspection, with no vehicle of diversion. A Reference to a Serial Killer?An Island of OneWhy Write This?The Coercive CudgelHow It All EndsAdditional Reading A Reference to a Serial Killer? Big Ed Kemper,[1] after decapitating his mother, placed her severed head on a mantel and screamed at…
IntroductionEmotional ParentificationThe Path to RuinDonโt Call Me UnlessโฆRide or Flight?Generosity & RuinThe Slippery Slope RealizedThe Discipline to ClimbConclusion & Lessons LearnedAdditional Reading Introduction Is my life a cliff or a plain? Currently, I am not sure. I am certain it was once a cliff. I climbed intrepidly, relentlessly, until I finally reached the topโmy destination.…
IntroductionThe Incarcerated SlaveOf Course, Childhood TraumaManifest Parentification as an AdultThe Incarcerated Slave RevisitedEmpathic Depletion & Compassion FatigueConclusion & Lessons Learned Introduction I was in, no. I stayed in a fifteen-year โrelationshipโ; one that should have ended within months. But what can I say, die Eule der Minerva fliegt. The relationship officially came to an end…