by Loren Keeling | Dec 27, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
QUOTE“Wondering why all the narcissistic abuse survivors around you are so angry all the time? It’s because they’re healing and beginning to understand some brutal truths about who they are, who they could have been, and what it will take to get them to a...
by Loren Keeling | Dec 12, 2022 | Mindset
YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF ME – Poem by Robin Mitchell-Sandeen You are not worthy of my love. You are not worthy of my respect. I can move on and forgive you, but I never will forget. To heal I must remind myself of who I used to be and of all that you have put me...
by Loren Keeling | Dec 5, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Families You do not choose your family, families are created. So my adult daughter tells her Aunt. “She is no Mother to me”. (AKA Me) Well, I guess everyone has an opinion. Then her Aunt says, “I’m SELFISH”. Well, I guess that’s another...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 21, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
I have experienced what I term three Ds in relationship endings 1. Divorce 2. Death of my partner 3. Discard as in the abrupt termination of the relationship by the other person. So today I want to talk about these three D’s relationship endings. Divorce I had...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 14, 2022 | Toxic Relationships
Betrayal, a form of emotional abuse, can cause PTSD. Symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares & impaired sleeping, depression, anxiety, brain fog, distrust, dissociation, are common. Betrayed partners often feel as if their reality has been shaken to its core.—...