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They may have taken me out of my children’s lives — but they never took them out of my heart, and I refuse to stop being their father.
Divorce should end a marriage — not destroy a family.
But when separation turns toxic, it becomes something far worse than a legal process. It becomes a psychological battlefield — a silent war without smoke or sirens, where the most vulnerable […]
I came out to my mom in my late 30s. “Megan! I didn’t know you are bisexual!”
This was mom’s first reaction to reading chapter 1 of my book Mindfulness Brings Clarity. I spoke about how I knew I was queer from an experience at a young age.
“I mean, I know we don’t always tell our parents everything..” mom continued.
“Yeah, it just wasn’t something I was comfortable […]
I’m calling this the “Mom-pocalypse” – I didn’t uncover mom’s covert narcissism until I was 49 years old!
So, I won’t go over every nitty gritty detail of my youth, but there was this ever present feeling like I didn’t belong, like I was an outcast/outsider in my own family and extended family in Texas, where I grew up. My parents divorced when I was 15, […]
Like all parents, my father George was imperfect. He was consumed with anger – pessimism, cynicism, and rage permeated our house. His arrival from work always warned of an impending storm. He was only nice or cheerful during his nightly drinking; a predictable pattern that preceded his maudlin reminiscing that aroused his anger.
My parents fought almost constantly, and George used the silent treatment as punishment – sometimes […]
I don’t often share, but I feel like I can explain and say the proper things on here.
So my TAR pit started about 8 years ago, when I got involved with a narcissist. Everything was always turned around on me, my feelings weren’t considered – it was always because I did something wrong. I made him mad, so he acted this way.
Now I struggle. We’ve been separated […]
Here is the brutal – and extremely sad – truth. Society, with growing numbers of people directly responsible, enables abuse in many shapes and forms. We bring you TAR Tales – a safe place to share your truth.
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