Category: The Cruel Diary of Truth
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IntroductionEmotional ParentificationThe Path to RuinDon’t Call Me Unless…Ride 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 top—my destination.…
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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 “relationship”; one that should have ended within months. But what can I say, die Eule der Minerva fliegt. The relationship officially came to an end…