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+PLAY AS AN INDICATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN A BENEVOLENT WORLD
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mothers have evolved throughout the millennia to play with their infants. Having the ability to engage in healthy play has evolved through the millennia to bu… more →
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+PLAY AS AN INDICATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN A BENEVOLENT WORLD
alchemynow wrote 1 day ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mothers have evolved throughout the millennia to play with … more →
+CONTINUALLY TRYING TO CREATE MYSELF IN TIME AND SPACE
alchemynow wrote 3 days ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I tell myself to put my fingers on this keyboard and make them move. “S … more →
+LOOKING BACK - I DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY MOTHER'S ABUSE OF ME. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
alchemynow wrote 5 days ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What follows is taken from a letter I just wrote to a friend. W … more →
+WHEN ABUSIVE PARENTS STEAL THEIR CHILD'S THUNDER
alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++ Experts say that we cannot be truly autonomous and secure adults if we lack the ability to hav … more →
+EARLY ABUSE AFFECTS OUR REACTION TO ADULT TRAUMA EXPOSURE
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alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++++++++++++++++ My revised list — common reactions to a stressful event can include: Shock … more →
+EXPLODING MOTHER, IMPLODING ME: SOME FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US
alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am revisiting what I see as the core differences between my borderline mo … more →
+THE HEALING OF DISSOCIATONS - A 50-YEAR MISSING PIECE OF ME HAS RETURNED
alchemynow wrote 1 week ago: +++++++++++ I woke up this morning thinking about all the wounds we received in the war zone of our … more →
+ANSWERS THAT ARE NOT A PHONE CALL AWAY
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alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I woke this morning with too many thoughts, each one appearing in a … more →
+THESE 1983 - 1984 WRITINGS LED TO TODAY'S EARLIER POST....
alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++ I just spoke with a dear friend I’ve known for 30 years. She sugge … more →
+THE POWER OF JOURNALING - ASKING A QUESTION THAT HAS AN ANSWER
alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am in a battle with myself over whether or not there is any value … more →
+DISSOCIATION: PRESERVING A SELF IN HIDING
alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We are born with the capacity to learn about who we are, an … more →
+DISSOCIATION IS ORDINARY AND NORMAL WHEN OUR CHILDHOODS ARE NOT
alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Breaking free from denial (magical wishful childhood thinking) ab … more →
+RETURNING WITH AGE TO HOW I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AND DIDN'T KNOW IT: DISSOCIATED
alchemynow wrote 2 weeks ago: From the time we are conceived life in this world it is full of stimulation and changes. In a mostly … more →
+TRYING NOT TO GET CAUGHT IN THE 'OLE DICHOTOMOUS THINKING
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All or Nothing: Dichotomous Thinking +++++++++++++++++++++++ … more →
+PETER PANELLA AND ALL MY LOST GIRLS - AGE 31 JOURNALS, THE NEXT STEPS
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Nine months. That’s the length of time this next of my ag … more →
+THE GLIMMER OF BEGINNING TO KNOW WHO I AM
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I was feeling better in this section of my journal that ends on my … more →
+MISSING IN ACTION: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SELF OF LINDA?
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I went ‘Missing In Action’ in the combat zone of my chi … more →
+JUST A LINK TO A LITTLE "HAPPY" AND A LITTLE "BREATHER" TECHNIQUES
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Here’s a link to a couple of ‘feel good’ tips that c … more →
+LIVING IN THE ACCEPTANCE ZONE: WAS THE REAL ME PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR?
alchemynow wrote 3 weeks ago: ++++++++++++++++++ I question the whole 12-step requirement for ‘acceptance.’ I think w … more →
