Recent content by Shan

I can feel you pain Brat....There are times I feel like I need to try to take it down a notch...But when you have been raised or have been where we have been for a lifetime and there is no one to turn to for advice or just to listen ...Everything seems amplified! It is so overwhelming! I also...

After reading the book "Surviving a Borderline Parent" I know without a doubt My Mother was to the extreme degree! I called her Dr. decades ago to ask her if she could possibly evaluate her...I was very concerned she had caused so much turmoil and upheaval in my life and had a knack for being...

I grew up with no mirrors except the small one above the bathroom sink! I asked Cruella (the one and only parent) Why don't we have mirrors in our Apt. that are full length like at all my friends homes???? "Because I HATE looking in the mirror!!!" "I hate mirrors"!!! She screams and yells at...

These are ALL great suggestions...I just have one more. Get a pair of kick boxing GLOVES.. they are molded/curved over like small thinner boxing gloves. I used to have a stand up bag with sand or water in the base. You can pummel that SOB like nobody's business...release all of that tension...

Boy oh boy can I relate to this! Grinding, clenching, biting through my tongue in my sleep from the enormous amount of abuse, hate and rage..Had major surgery on one side. Internalizing all the pain, stress, abuse...no nurturing or love as a child OR as an adult for that matter. I could not...

Gizmo...I am soooo sorry for all that you have been through...Heartbreaking! I can relate to so many life experiences on here. Just joined tonight. My heart goes out to you...Sending you a huge healing HUG! Honest to GOODNESS Hug!!! You need them and I feel we all do...or we would not be here!

Thank you, It seems like if just one more drop of stress, anxiety and worry is going to send me into overload and I just cannot handle or hold anymore of it. Then it just spills out or gushes out like a geyser! A lifetime of it is just too much for any human being.