A raw account of repeated rejection by family, friends, and systems after profound loss, chronicling the pain of being dismissed as daughter, mother, friend, and more—highlighting the deep trauma of abandonment and the struggle for validation.
Everyone deals differently with grief and loss caused by death. One thing that is universal, though, is that a tragic death; i.e., death of a child or violent death, within a family tears most families apart in one way or another. My family—immediate, family of origin, and extended—has seen within it the cancer death of … Continue reading Triggered, Attention-seeking, and Playing the Victim?
The 8/19/2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt is "The Feeling of Grief and Loss". Use your media of choice to create a representation what this looks like to you. Feel free to post your art piece for this assignment and tell a little about it, if you feel comfortable.
The 6/17/2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt is "The Price of Love is the Agony of Loss". Use your media of choice to create a representation of what this phrase means to you.Feel free to post your art piece for this assignment and tell a little about it, if you feel comfortable
The author reflects on the challenges of dealing with depression as a scapegoat in a narcissistic family, emphasizing that their feelings stem from genuine loss and grief rather than distorted thoughts. They advocate for processing grief without a set timeline and suggest creatively rewriting one's history as a potential coping strategy.
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