by Elisabeth | Jul 27, 2016 | Defenders, Freedom Fighters
Like all survivors, I have good days and I have bad days. Unlike popular opinion regarding emotions and moods, PTSD isn’t always something I can control with my thinking. My inner parts believe they are living in the past and they are sharing those past emotions...
by Elisabeth | Jul 13, 2016 | Defenders, Recovery
“Maybe if they die, I won’t feel so guilty for speaking up. Maybe they will apologize on their death bed. Maybe they will finally say the right thing. Maybe I will find a way to make everyone stop fighting. I’ll finally be the peacemaker I wanted to be. I don’t want...
by Elisabeth | Jun 29, 2016 | Defenders
Dear Karma Kid, I know you have heard it a hundred times, but your past doesn’t define you. And because you have heard it a hundred times, I am going to explain what I mean. You are not evil because you grew up amongst evil. You endured evil. You experienced...
by Elisabeth | Jun 22, 2016 | Defenders
I never ask for help. Some might say that is a result of my own need to be perfect. Some might blame it on my inability to trust. Others might say it is an inability to be vulnerable. And honestly, those are all true to some extent. But recently, I have come to...
by Elisabeth | Jun 15, 2016 | Defenders, Freedom Fighters, Parenting
I’m a control freak. I am not talking about the kind of control freak that people secretly love because she will get everything done so they don’t have to. I am talking about the kind of control freak people run from because they know there will be casualties. I...
by Elisabeth | Jun 1, 2016 | Defenders, Freedom Fighters, Recovery
What the Abusers Don’t Want When we go through trauma in childhood, our interpretation can take one of two extremes. It can all seem so random. It can make us feel like the most unlucky people on the planet. How could so many bad things happen to one child? In...
