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Splitting (AKA – Reality-Obscuring Compartmentalization)
What do the Salem witch trials, serial killers, and extremist political figures have in common? Today we discuss...
Presentation Video! Splitting (AKA – Reality-Obscuring Compartmentalization)
Too sick for facetime. But here's the most recent episode, cc'd and set to slides! What do the Salem witch trials,...

BONUS: MY tips for t-communicating
What can this Fucker say about communicating on t-brains? Got plenty of lessons in reactivity to share. And yes, turns...

BONUS Intro to Recording from Home / FOO Recontact
Welp, if you've followed along with the show, you know where I've been with "family relationships." Increasingly NC...

Ignoring Red Flags; a real life nightmare
Alert: change in programming! And I'll tell ya why. This month we talked about the real difficulty in starting healthy...

Community Discussion! Does an “inescapable hell” describe your relationships too?
Looking back at your relationship history... does it always seem to result in unresolvable, mutual, torture? Or have...

8.28 Bitesized WRAP on Filial Obligation
Might be episode overkill, but I think we learned a lot. Let's pull all the academic and community-experiential...

8.27 CMNTY Co-LAB Filial Obligation II
Originally published in September, moved for conversation cohesiveness. Y'all still had more to say and I love it....

8.26 CMNTY CoLAB | Filial Obligation, Entrapment, and Suicidal ideation
What've other MFs got to say? Let's hear about personal experiences and ongoing challenges with filial caregiving,...

8.23 {TW} Entrapment/Defeat, Negative Self-Appraisal, and Suicidality | Obligated Relationships Pt. II
Feel stuck? Getting hopeless? This conversation applies to all conversations! IF you're feeling obligated to someone...

8.21 Caregiving Anxiety and Obligation in Relationships | Pt I. Origins
Is relationship drain and strain your recurrent pattern? Exhausted, exasperated, and anxious all the time? How much of...

1.11. Fawning, Anxious Attachment, and Enmeshment
Explore the concept of fawning in Complex PTSD and its impact on relationships and self-worth. Learn about the characteristics of fawning behavior, its connection to anxious attachment, and how it originates in family dynamics. Understand the societal expectations that reinforce fawning and discover the importance of developing healthy boundaries in trauma recovery.

6.11 Reprogramming “Attachment Styles”
We know, we know.... Anxious or avoidant, early learning calls all the shots. Or does it? Is attachment style a...

Brains Primed for Accepting Abuse
Try number... two? Five? Let me know if there are still errors in this program! NOTE: downloadable link included at...

6.4 The Brain Basis of Abusive Relationships on Repeat
So why are all of your romantic (and otherwise) relationships chronically abusive? Especially when you're soooo dead...