Inner Mom: Are you nuts? You can’t seriously be considering trusting this guy? Why in the world would you set yourself up to be used and hurt that way? Keep up your defenses girl!
Inner Hippy Chick: Hey, risking pain is a true mark of being human, you know? Get in there and really FEEL it. [...]
I have an odd, dysfunctional thought pattern that is triggered whenever someone says “take care of yourself” or “you deserve to be happy” or some other such caring remark. Thought pattern goes something like “yeah right” or “how could you possibly mean that? You don’t even know me!” or “s/he’s just being polite.” Sometimes it [...]
We had the counselor appointment. Congratulations for X’s counselor for not patting me on the head and telling me not to worry…at least not in so many words.
It almost sounded as if X understood the consequences of his behavior and the potential consequences to his relationship with the boys. Of course, he promised that it [...]
