The board was so immaculateColorful and demeaning all in onePossibility of jail, if not carefulRules modified by people I was playing withStrategic and aligned to have an advantageThe street signified the poverty and wealthBoardwalk and Park Place were above most pay...
Early in my recovery, I thought if I could just figure out a way to remove all of the defects that I perceived in myself, I would be able to live a happier life. Accepting that I had experienced trauma in my early life was easier for me than figuring out what to “do”...
I have spent most of my life drowning. Every time I came up for air there was a thumb pushing me under. If the thumb was taking a break, there was someone’s opinion, dragging me under. A constant battle of gasping for air. No break in the waves of trauma as far as the...
As an Adult Child, I have always been consumed by self-doubt (see daily meditations of June 27, September 08, November 06). Double-binds were the rule in my family, along with lies, secrets, enmeshment, triangulation (= no direct communication, always tell a third...
Out the window an endless sea of white… I close my eyes… like the white knubby blanket on my bed when I tried to sleep so still, so flatthat no one would know I was in the bed - especially not the vampire in my closet.“Little Me, this is scared.”I lie in bed next to...
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