Tag: daddy issues

• Big A and The Suze

  What were your parents doing at your age? I left for Colorado at 18 years old, with a back pack, a couple hundred bucks and attitude to spare. Flipping the middle finger as I walked out the door. After a few years in Vail, suffering through a perfect storm of self-inflicted emotional turmoil and humiliation;…

  February 13, 2024

  Mental Health

  chaos, childhood, control, daddy issues, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1847, feelings, Friendship, gaslighting, little victories, Love, Mental Health, personal growth, relationships, self awareness, silver linings, struggle, Unconditional love, understanding, validation, value, writing

• Smile. Be Polite.

  

  They roll to a stop in the rusty old Datsun. Sadie sits in the front seat even though her head can barely see over the window. Seat belt baggy across her hips. ‘She’s a Man Eater’ playing very quietly in the background Watch out boy she’ll chew you up. The Suze switches the radio off…

  January 30, 2024

  Complex Trauma, fictional memoir, Mental Health, Self Love

  anxiety, books, chaos, childhood, Complex Trauma, daddy issues, defense mechanism, memoir, PTSD, reading, repressed memories, sexual abuse, struggle, Triggers, verbal abuse, writing

• Sick of My Story

  I’ve always thought that I can’t help anyone, until I am healed. I can’t write a story, until I have the right ending. I won’t have an impact, until I have arrived. But healing is not linear, and seemingly, never ends. If I don’t start writing the story, the only way it ends, is with…

  March 15, 2022

  Mental Health, Self Love

  catharsis, daddy issues, little victories, Mental Health, personal growth, silver linings, story telling, struggle, trauma, writing