Tag: defense mechanism

• 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

• Easy to Love

  I recently realized how much of my life I have spent trying to be, ‘Easy to Love’. Be small when you need to be, invisible even. Be funny when you need to, be a good time. Bite your tongue. Absorb and reflect other’s energy so they feel comfortable. Be relaxed, if that’s not possible, at…

  February 28, 2022

  Mental Health, Self Love

  control, defense mechanism, easy-breezy, meditation, Mental Health, relationships, Unconditional love, validation