OR Don’t Let the Prince(ss)’s Get You Down! Do you remember the children’s story about the Princess and the Pea? The Princess was the girl who was made so uncomfortable by the presence of a Pea under her mattress that she needed many many mattresses laid one on top of the other before she was…
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One more good link for information on Mental Health Disorders
This is a good page for descriptions of mental health disorders including Personality Disorders. Psych Central (Scroll down in this linked page for an explanation of what Personality Disorders are and a list of links to information about the various personality disorders.) While many normal people may relate to some of the characteristics described in…
Memory: Undoubtedly neither of us are right?
About 17 years ago my husband and I visited with an elderly couple who lived an hour’s drive north of here. They were a genteel and charming couple who had been married for a long time. The wife served us tea. The husband told us stories. Then he told us a story from which his…
Bookmark this! A place to visit when you need to lighten up.
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A List of Links on Mental Illnesses that can be involved in an estrangement.
A mental health professional is generally the best person to diagnose a mental illness but sometimes the person who needs help the most refuses to see a professional. Then relatives do the best that they can to try to sort out what is happening. It might be helpful for relatives to consult with a mental…
Some links that come up when searching on keywords: “estranged from my mother”:
Estranged from my mother: Ask Amy Anything Advice Column August 6, 2004 Severed, Like a Tree from Its Roots by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz A quote from the article: " Then there is a different sort of separation — a rending of children from parents, a bizarre example of what was done during the era of Nazi…
An essay on the ability to appreciate and the ability to grow.
In 1988 I attended a one week workshop for Adult Children of Alcoholics. During that workshop I learned something about myself. I learned much more than this one thing but there was this one something that I am remembering today. I learned that I had some preconceived notions about older women, meaning women who were…
Two Father/Son Estrangement Links
1. Talent, determination and Hamburger Helper: He has big year despite estrangement from his father by Ron Kroichick, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, September 18, 2005 From online article: "Farmington, Pa. — Sean O’Hair spent the past two years as a thrifty golfing nomad, bouncing among obscure mini-tour events. He and his wife, Jackie, kept hot…
Link to a Sermon on How to Reconcile a Family Estrangement
This being a Sunday and my not knowing what else to say this Sunday morning, I offer a link to a sermon online given on July 28, 2002 by the Rev. Kenneth G. Page. I include this link not because of my own beliefs regarding religion or reconciliation. I offer it as one viewpoint on…
About sending presents when you are estranged …
In the recent communications from my daughter I learned that all gifts, flowers, and cards sent to her in the last 10 years by myself or my mother had been put in the trash. I don’t know what my mother sent to her. I hadn’t sent much as I thought there was a good chance…