“If you’re happy, we’re happy.” – Codependency. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I don’t know if I believe in hell, but I do know that I am surely going there if it exists. Codependence is described as excessive attachment and need for approval from others as a condition for one’s […]
Continue Reading →Hapless, Helpless, Hopeless, Worthless – Battered Person Syndrome. Battered Person Syndrome is, essentially, when an abused person believes that s/he deserves and/or is responsible for any abuse that happens to him/her. I have always believed that I am responsible for abuse I have endured, that it’s my fault because I am a piece of crap, […]
Continue Reading →Secrets, Fear, Lies – Dysfunctional Family Life. My life as a child was not at all happy. In fact, I can’t actually remember any happiness on my part. All potentially happy experiences were subdued because I was always expecting something bad to happen. I remember feeling no joy or excitement about things like birthdays or […]
Continue Reading →I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out “What is wrong with me?” and “How could I have done the things I’ve done?” Essentially, I’ve been obsessed with trying to understand the reasons I have been the way I have been and acted the way I’ve acted. In my search for answers, […]
Continue Reading →Intuition, as defined by dictionaries, is the ‘power’ or ‘ability’ to gain knowledge and understanding instinctively – without evidence of conscious reasoning, thought, or the mind’s interference. Since we know dictionaries are emotionless and unbiased, we must contend that this is the proper definition for these feelings we feel which cannot be easily expressed in words. […]
Continue Reading →I once received a detailed zodiac horoscope describing my personality based on details of my birth. There was much info about the affects of the sun and planets on my lifespan that made no sense to me, but the personality attributes were fairly accurate. The number one attribute? You envy those around you who live […]
Continue Reading →~ The Importance of Roughhousing (theartofmanliness.com) (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Continue Reading →Am I Right? ~ Erasure Wandering through the back roads And the rain comes rushing down To resolve your love For this man in his twenties Am I right? Am I wrong? Or am I just dreaming? Climbing up the backstairs There’s a chill wind in the air I wrap up from the cold Pull […]
Continue Reading →Clothes of Sand ~ Nick Drake (Time of No Reply) Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand Who has taken you far from my land Who has said that my sayings were wrong And who will say that I stayed much too long? Clothes of sand have covered your face Given you meaning but taken my place So […]
Continue Reading →Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic? “At the end of the day, I’d rather not be any category at all.” (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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