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Well!
Oh my. I was having a deep and insightful conversation with Nick last night on FB messenger. We were talking about spirituality, religion, the nature of reality, personality traits, personality disorders and their causes, and stuff like that. It was a deep conversation. He said he’s not religious, but he is spiritual, and he likes…
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Annie Lane made a solid effort! (It didn’t amount to much.)
Dear Annie: I come from a long history of family dysfunction. Child abuse, toxicity and abandonment are all I ever knew growing up. I developed severe complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder coming into my preteen years. I remember the blame was solely on me for my severe depression, suicide attempts and deep-seated suffering from…
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He’s diseased!
DEAR ABBY: I suffered an injury that caused internal bleeding, which then gave me iron deficiency anemia. I was battling its symptoms of depression and anxiety before I was diagnosed. Never having had any mental health struggles in my life, I had no idea what was happening to me. I was happy and calm my…
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Who’s the victim?
Dear Annie: I have been divorced since 2009. My three children haven’t spoken to me since then. I divorced their dad. Their dad has a lot of money and has done everything possible to keep my children away from me, even to this day. I am sure this gives him great pleasure. We all lived…
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Meg reminisces on long-ago revenge!
I’ve been dealing with some issues lately pertaining to how horribly I was treated by America’s TSA agents upon my re-entry into the country two weeks ago. My dad is in the process of doing some legal research and finding me a lawyer. It triggered my extreme inability to cope with people who are in…
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Not enough love in the world.
So I’ve been experiencing some extreme psychic wounds lately. While I was at Sonya’s house, I had some intense dreams, and many were about the youth leaders I had in high school. Two of them were Lesa and Suzy. They (and many of the other southern Baptists) were snobs. I wasn’t. Also, more importantly, I…
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Dissecting the truth!
Dear Annie: I have been married for 32 years to my husband, who has three children from his prior marriage. The children are now in their mid-30s to early 40s. We were all a big happy family until about four years ago. The middle child called to tell us that we were both bad parents.…
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Guilt?
Dear Amy: My 82-year-old mother has an undiagnosed mental illness, marked by narcissism, paranoia, delusions and abusive rages. Beginning in my teens (I’m in my 50s now), she has caused long periods of estrangement over perceived slights, so she missed my wedding and the births of my children. My father divorced her when I was…
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Keep doing that!
Dear Annie: My mom probably has narcissism and borderline personality disorders but has never been diagnosed. She is extremely difficult to deal with, and everyone knows this. She believes she is super special, has very high standards and has been catered to by everyone. Her children have taken different paths in dealing with her: One…