Day 18 And the theme is...

I think anyone who has read any of my threads knows my most common journal theme. Mommy. I have run through how I felt she passed me off as much as possible as a kid and wanted me to be perfect; her trying to shut down my feelings; and most of all living with me now for free due to losing the ability to adult after my stepdad died in 2013.

The emotions themselves are pretty consistent too. Judged from childhood through adulthood, angry that I have to shoulder her now, and resentful. I definitely see Sarno's rage in the entries about her. I know I will never make her leave so I'm just trying to learn to use the writing as my outlet and speak up a bit more for myself.

 

Have you ever read Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People? And there’s one for kids of emotionally immature parents, too. https://a.co/d/fzZKvyE (Amazon.com)

I’ve been reading it. Sucking it up. Easy to read. Incredibly eye-opening! And it has great tips for weathering the situation. I feel for you being stuck in a situation that can’t be changed.i have several of these.

 

I saw that get recommended to you in another thread and requested it from the library!

 

It’s awesome! Glad you’re getting it!