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Parent Child Relationship When Loyalty Costs too Much

Posted: August 06, 2010 Under: Family By Darlene Ouimet 27 Comments

When it comes to parent child relationships I often feel as though I struggle to explain or communicate the difference between how I felt about the past when it was in the past, how I felt about it when I was in the healing stages of it and how I feel about it now. This … Continue reading "Parent Child Relationship When Loyalty Costs too Much"

Dysfunctional Relationship; My Parents Treat Me Like a Child

Posted: July 30, 2010 Under: Family By Darlene Ouimet 40 Comments

Parents of adult children often use controlling statements designed to create self doubt. Using innuendo and voice infliction, these statements contribute to low self esteem and enable the parent to continue to control the adult child long past childhood.

Why Should we Love where there is Fear and Abuse?

Posted: July 26, 2010 Under: Family By Darlene Ouimet 26 Comments

“Everyone was upset at me for not going to my brothers funeral. I refused to be a hypocrite. I was glad he died. That may sound horrible but it was such a relief not to have to live in fear anymore.” That comment was from a reader on the Emerging from Broken facebook page in the same … Continue reading "Why Should we Love where there is Fear and Abuse?"