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Tag Archives: attachment
Stability
So, I turned 30 about a month ago and it’s made me start evaluating a bunch of things in order to move forward in my life in a better way. One of the main things I’ve been thinking about is … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, emotional needs, fight or flight, food, foster care, home, needs, orphan, stability, upheaval
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Lies My Mother Told Me About Myself
She said, “I know you fancy yourself an outdoors person, but you’re really not.”–This despite the fact that I had spent four years playing competitive soccer (well), had spent my entire pre-adolescence either up a tree or wrestling, and have … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, chime, dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional abuse, lies, neglect, parents
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Interview with Franny Billingsley, Author of Chime
It’s taken me a couple days to get this up because the little foster boy who my partner and I had for a while has suddenly popped back up in our life–we’ve got him full-time for the rest of the … Continue reading →
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Tagged attachment, chime, dissociation, emotional abuse, Franny Billingsley, interview, The Folk Keeper, VCFA
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Love and Security: A Lesson from Cats
I only started studying the affects of childhood abuse and neglect on psychology and development about a year ago. Since then, I’ve realized I can see the signs of abuse and neglect everywhere. It’s actually kind of unsettling. Sometimes people … Continue reading →
