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Liberated from some of the strictures of being me

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 7 hours ago: 6/25/07 1223 We did the hand-off with the boys to my mom and dad yesterday. So they went to Calif, a … more →

Tags: Alone time, anxiety, Children, Communication, Dreams, Fear, In-Laws, Kid angst, Medication

An uncomfortable start to summer vacation 2007

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 weeks ago: 6/17/07 Sun 700 I’m hiding downstairs to escape Lou. I got up thinking to write a bit before he gets … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication

The second-guessing is the 'party' that deserves suspicion

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 weeks ago: 6/15/07 1051 Hanging in, sometimes better spirited, sometimes not. Sometimes I feel I can be resilie … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication

Confrontations from awkward to ugly

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/14/07 Alone at last. Got to observe myself in paralysis mode when Crystal and I lingered to talk a … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Insight, Children, School Vacations, In-Laws, Communication, anxiety, Fear

Discipline questions

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/11/07 What on earth am I going to do with my kids this summer. Yesterday was a sort of preview, th … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Children, School Vacations, Communication, Family of Origin, Ambivalence, curtailed alone time

Shadow of Doubt/not ok to want what you want

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/9/07 Sat 1339 I’m feeling a little weird about a conversation with Kevin, Bob, me, Dad. On the pho … more →

Tags: guilt, Insight, In-Laws, Communication, Family of Origin, anxiety, Fear, Ambivalence, Telling the Truth

Building a center of gravity from scratch

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 1 month ago: 6/8/07 Fri 1200 The morning was spent with some errands and a drs appt. Glancing at yesterday’s note … more →

Tags: Insight, Inner self, happiness, Family of Origin, Alone time, things that are true, Medication, Dreams, Telling the Truth

The power of Story

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/23/07 Wed (Sharon day) 1038 Now I’ve got to get up and get the notebook I recorded last night’s dr … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, Fear, Alone time, things that are true

The Authoritarian Faction Abuses Freedom of Speech4 comments

Larsen Rogers wrote 3 months ago: Being a strong believer in Freedom of Speech, I must admit that my belief has been challenged by the … more →

Tags: Republicans, Conservatives, Politics, Propaganda

Jung may have called it right

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/22/07 61 Last dream first; most vivid. It’s morning and I’m waiting for the bus to come for Connor … more →

Tags: Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Alone time, things that are true, Dreams, Telling the Truth

More 'as if'

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/11/07 Boys home from school, Connor with pink-eye, Scott with a cough. I didn’t recoil from the pr … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, sick children

Unacknowledged costs

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 3 months ago: 5/9/07 Wed 950 A little discordant this morning. I’m experiencing it in my reluctance to go meet Dar … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, Communication, sick children, Family of Origin, anxiety

A way of talking myself out of my feelings?

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 months ago: 5/7/07 Mon 918 Back from the weekend at the beach with my four old friends. It was something I unamb … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Marriage, Passive Aggression, Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Current Events

Experience of Self is like a lovely accident

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 4 months ago: 5/3/07 Thurs 1255 Sigh. Another morning gone. And I’m still not finished with some important chores— … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, Inner self, happiness, Communication, Current Events, anxiety, Alone time

Rest into Christ

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 5 months ago: 5/1/07 Tues 1342 Last night’s dream was so strong I felt no doubt at the need to write it down, even … more →

Tags: Insight, Inner self, Fear, Alone time, things that are true, Dreams, Telling the Truth, Therapy, Violence

How to change my experience of my 5 year old

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 6 months ago: 4/15/07 Feeling irritation this morning. I feel uneasy about how this fits in with this ‘new’ proces … more →

Tags: Kid angst, guilt, Marriage, Insight, Children, Inner self, Communication, Family of Origin, Current Events

Considering myself 'beaten', or not...

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 8 months ago: 3/20/07 0231 Awakened from a dream with pain in my arm In the dream I’m a man in Darlene’s kitchen. … more →

Tags: Insight, Children, In-Laws, Holidays, Inner self, happiness, Family of Origin, Current Events, Alone time

hubris and nemesis

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 9 months ago: 3/6/07 Tues 1128 A quote from Chalmers Johnson: If an individual’s thinking is short-circuited … more →

Tags: Marriage, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Inner self, happiness, Communication, sick children, Alone time

Reflections

kaleidoscoperefractions wrote 9 months ago: 01/26/07 Friday 1447 In other words, Scott will be home soon and then I have to do some things I don … more →

Tags: Kid angst, Insight, Children, In-Laws, Communication, Current Events, 9/11, Alone time, Ambivalence


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