The Placement

The content explores themes of memory, family dynamics, and the painful absence of a girl whose departure remains shrouded in ambiguity. The narrator reflects on love, loss, and the silent connections that linger, questioning the nature of choice and time within familial relationships. Ultimately, it reveals how imagination offers solace amidst uncertainty.

Triggered, Attention-seeking, and Playing the Victim?

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?

December 2, 2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt — What Does Loss Feel Like To Me

The 12/2/2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt is "What Does Loss Feel Like To Me". Use the medium of your choice to create an expression 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.

August 19, 2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt — The Feeling of Grief and Loss

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.

June 17, 2022 Art Therapy Friday prompt — The Price of Love is the Agony of Loss

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

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is Harmful to those with Complex PTSD

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.