PinnedMember-onlyMEDIUM? That’s COLD!I don’t usually ask for help, BUT WHEN I DO I come right out and ask. (after years of counseling, introspection, and way too much field research) BACKGROUND ↪I paid $5/monthly for over a year to #Medium, ↪I read multiple works from notables like #Obama, #WilWheaton, and numerous folks with…Medium2 min read
PinnedThe ability to adapt and to accept our starting point is where change begins and trans-generational scripts can end…even if that starting point, is Groun…When The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree1913Annie Tanasugarn, PhDCOLD REFLECTIONSCold Reflections 1-16-2013 Close Up of an ice encased small tree branch actually reflects a bit of the yellow from the swing set slide in an…flic.kr COLD REFLECTIONS Just the other day, I told my therapist that after repeatedly repeating my undying and unsuccessful efforts (INSANITY, I tell you!) I ADMIT that after decades of grueling field research the data collection was overwhelming. I ACCEPT the copious evidence that the best I could do was not good enough…Generational Disease2 min read
Jun 26Member-onlyCinderella Wore RedLiving in the house in front of me is a very special woman I will call Cinderella. She is a loving, sociable person who thinks seriously about world events, sports, God, and his wishes for our lives. Unfortunately, her life does not afford her many opportunities to share these thoughts…Special Needs5 min read
Jun 25Member-onlyFINDING ACCEPTANCE?It might depend on how you define it. — My program of recovery utilizes that same old Serenity Prayer. And I have a problem with it — specifically, I have a problem with that wording. To me, “accept” means becoming OK with something. There is so much I am not OK with. There is so much I cannot and…Serenity Prayer3 min read
Jun 24In AA they tell you to have the courage to accept the things you cannot change, and that’s getting applied here…all the way down.Am I Supposed to Care? Because I Don’t.27310E.B. JohnsonFINDING ACCEPTANCE? It might depend on how you define it.This is an extremely timely article. I feel everything you revealed. I see from other comments, many of us do. — My program of recovery utilizes that same old Serenity Prayer. And I have a problem with it--specifically, I have a problem with that wording. To me, "accept" means becoming OK with something. There is so much I am not OK with. There is so much I cannot and will not…Serenity Prayer3 min read
May 23Member-onlyFuture GoalI stole a thought from my own fate And formed a future goal, And had it from that very day Imprinted on my soul. Toward that future goal I sped, Forever aloof, alone, Wishing that today were dead And half tomorrow gone. Willing time to flee as deer In hunter’s deadly…Future1 min read
May 10By the time you get to the discard phase, you’ve typically tolerated a whole lot of abuse. As your cognitive dissonance from this abuse grows, you start to see what’s really happening. The covert narcissist’s mask slips…60 Revealing Things Covert Narcissists Say When You Know How to Listen85818Melissa Kalt, MDI have always been intrigued by the psychological motives behind the behaviors of us humans being…I have always been intrigued by the psychological motives behind the behaviors of us humans being human. At one time I thought I would like to study it. I did! And I got "schooled". TURNS OUT... unfortunately for me, I entered the School of Hard Knocks to get my adult…School Of Hard Knocks2 min read
Apr 19Member-onlyTo My Unborn Grand Whatever…a collaborative offering from Charity Pece💗 who is not as Mala Justed Technically speaking, I was informed you existed yesterday. But literally speaking, today is the day I acknowledged your existence. Your mother called me yesterday and in an excited voice, yet somehow as casually as if she was telling…Motherhood4 min read
Apr 9Member-only“First Strong”Drinking one for Jimmy the Junkie Still hating the danger you were willing to put my family and the good neighbors through as you grinned in our faces with your hand held out and brought the Devil to our street. You are only the second life, in my life, that…Addiction2 min read
Mar 20It’s a Thing. A Real, Diagnosable THING. I just want to say right now that if there comes a time when people diagnosed with NPD begin receiving some kind of disability entitlements, the other half of the world is gonna explode.Narcissistic Personality Disorder4184Nanci ArvizuDISABILITY entitlements for NARCS!DISABILITY entitlements for NARCS! Entitlement would be the key word in that phrase! That is the most heinous possibility of a benefit to being a Narcissist that I could think of! And totally undeserved--like other benefits these individuals demand and feel entitled to as a true, diagnosable Narc✳. DISABILITY entitlements…2 min read
