aha moment

OK, that actually makes me quite certain that you slipped into depression and it might be time to start addressing the things that happened to you and have caused you to get here. Right now it sounds…

how old were you when you realized that your family and feelings weren't "normal" — I was in my early 20s when I realized that not everyone goes to bed crying and is afraid of their parents, and that started this journey of finding myself outside of the narc trauma I had been under f…

I (23f) recently discovered that Im a brat through a dom friend (29M) and need some guidance…. — Okay I 23F just recently discovered that I am a Brat. And a hard core one at that. I made a friend online (M29) who is a natural Dom and the way he spoke to me egged me on and egged him on as well. He…

Omg my therapist was just saying this exact thing to me yesterday. That I’m working really hard but Always working so hard that I’m never just existing. I’m always either “doing the work” (listening t…

First off, OP, I’m so sorry you went through that, that is truly evil. My aha moment isn’t anywhere’s near as brutal, but I will share it anyway. I realized that he was taking precious belongings of…

I know scientifically, electrons aren’t air, but I think of Aquarius fixed air as static energy. It exists within the atmosphere and is invisible to the eye, but it is its own thing. Electricity is of…

Something never felt quite right, for a long time growing up, I hated my mum as a teenager, she was always shouting at me, criticising me, belittling me. it was all emotional abuse though so I didn't …

I just took a glimpse at them and they seem so relevant! Thank you for recommendations, I am going to take a closer look. I am curious, what was the pivotal aha moment for you so far?

Have you read Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents? She describes it perfectly. The example of the pearls on a string was my biggest aha moment.

Identical twin here. This could have been written by me a couple years ago. I was so incredibly jealous it was painful and it caused me so much shame. A traumatic event happened last year and we almos…

So I've been listening to this podcast with the founders of the Ideal Parent Figures protocol, and the guy had a pretty interesting view - he said CPTSD isn't an accumulation of trauma, but disorganiz…