Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

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  • Our Spirit Group facilitator, Mary, helped me through an emotionally challenging, teary discussion by having me switch to referring to myself in the 3rd person rather than as I. Using this process (while cumbersome at first) really works in taking the sting out of words. Later on, during a counseling session, a therapist used the Read more

  • but I no longer hate my mother.  I’m even able to call her mom in conversations rather than by her given name, Helen.  This is a huge milestone in my life…I never thought I would be able to feel differently about her…after she died in 2009 and I started the process of healing, I assumed Read more

  • Gee, another weblog entry on my narcissistic mother…once again…don’t judge me until you have walked in my shoes…this entry is more for me than you.  My days off were fraught with pain, agony, sadness, fear, guilt and just plain crap thanks to my mother and my aunt.  As I have stated before, something had to Read more