Feeling incredibly grateful to all the people have not only taken the time to read and like my posts, but to follow me as well! I know numbers shouldn't matter, but I feel so validated in my journey in recovery from childhood trauma and learning more about mental ilness! I've this blog for less than... Continue Reading →
On admitting my resentments: Step 5 of recovery
How heavy the weight of our resentments is! From childhood, our romantic relationships and friendships: we all carry them with us.
To be right or to be free, that is the question of trauma
Children of dysfunctional families learn to "lawyer up" for every single conversation. Why is this ultimately backfiring on our happiness?
Why you NEED a break from your parents
Being grateful to our parents has nothing to do with the fact we crave their approval to an unhealthy degree. Are you scared of their rejection?
Our flaws are superpowers yet not controlled
It's like my soul has these gorgeous church windows, but I can't see the colours. By being introspective about my resentments, I'm wiping them one by one.
The Ultimate Secret to Leaving Your Abusers
I spend a long time believing that pity was love.
The truth revealed to my childhood abusers – their response?
It was a sunny Sunday morning, and I was walking to a busy cafe to tell my parents about my childhood abuse.
NAME CHANGE: Dingbatcrazy to Reparent your soul
I started this blog because my friend told me hers helped her gather her thoughts. I wrote about philosophy, filmmaking, poetry and most of all, childhood trauma. But what do I want to say in my writing?The more I wrote, the more I realised that I could use my vast research on trauma recovery to... Continue Reading →
Parenting problems? How to heal intergenerational trauma
Oh the irony of parents blaming their children for their outbursts!
Fight your instincts and love your abusers!
Yarris, wrongfully convicted of murder for 22 years, refused to wish ill on his abusers. I would have become like them, he said.