Image by Michael Lehet. No changes were made. CC BY-ND 2.0 Winter, and its litany of holidays, and summer, with its endless cookouts and family reunions, can be tough for everyone. […]
Image by Eternal Sunshine, used with Creative Commons License, edited by Mydnyht Rantings Lately my therapy appointments have consisted of talk therapy and trying to get me signed up for […]
Image by lwpkommunikacio, used with Creative Commons License A few weeks ago I mentioned that I wasn’t quite sure what to say about the fact that Josh Duggar molested five young […]
Image by Tengrain, used with Creative Commons License I really wanted to write something about the Duggar scandal. I even looked into a note I published on Facebook in 2011 […]
Image by Kevin Dooley, used with Creative Commons License, edited by Mydnyht Rantings This past week in therapy, we addressed something in EMDR that none of my other therapists or […]
Whenever I see him, or his son – his spitting image – I get slightly triggered. For the most part, I don’t get triggered much anymore. There are certain personal […]
I’ve started Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy to help cope with my repressed memories and PTSD. Since I don’t have any clear memories of traditional childhood sexual abuse, we’re focusing […]
My therapist tells me that it’s my own personal truth that matters most. However, that is not the response most people who are not sensitive to repressed memories take. When […]
I remember when I was in the throes of it. The physical triggers as it first occurred to me that I had repressed a memory of childhood sexual trauma. One […]
I try so hard. I really don’t mean to sound like a martyr. But I try so damn hard. Taking self-esteem classes, reading books that paint housewifery as a radical […]
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