Tag: victim
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Why You Shouldn’t Fall for the Knight in Shining Armor (aka The Toxic Relationship Scam)
“My knight in shining armor turned out to be an asshole in tinfoil.” Anonymous I fell for a knight in shining armor after my first divorce. Very, very soon after my first divorce, in fact. I knew I was terrified to face the world alone, but I never thought I would be the type of…
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How To Make Trauma Your Bitch
“Just like there’s always time for pain, there’s always time for healing.” – Jennifer Brown When you experience something traumatic, it changes how you look at the world. When I was 20 years old, I found my fitness-crazed, healthy-eating Dad dead. He was 48. I was 11 weeks pregnant with my first child,…
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The Insider’s Guide to Getting Out of Toxic Relationships
It didn’t seem toxic at first. In fact, it started out as most of us have heard toxic relationships do — as a knight in shining armor saving the damsel in distress. Except I wouldn’t admit to myself that I was a damsel in distress, even though I was. When I met him, I had…
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Why the Choice to be Submissive Makes You Strong
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.” – Jane Austen, Persuasion I started reading Fifty Shades of Grey because I want to see what all the fuss is about. I…
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Why You Need to Stop the Blame Game
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.” – Robert Anthony “The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.” – Rumi I got sucked into another one of those popcorn-eating worthy Facebook comment debates. For the love of God, I thought I was over that. Apparently I’m…