In checking my site stats today I noticed that more than one visitor regularly visits my 2013 post about Sheri McGregor's rejectedparents.net site. So I went to visit it for a bit to see what she has been writing about lately. I found her August 29 post on "Looking for the Good" which I really…
Therapeutic
Australian Bev Roberts hosts/interviews Joshua Coleman Podcast in Youtube video
I found this today. Haven't watched it yet. I hope some find it helpful.
Estranged Parents Blog. I Am One of the Estranged Parents. – annebulger.com
In my story, I had to learn that my children’s alienation from me could never be commensurate with any mistake I ever made with them. I had to learn about the retrospective guilt that every parent can feel when evaluating our history of parenting our children. I had to learn that who I am is…
Support Group: “You’re Not Alone: Estranged Parents of Adult Children”
Closed group on Facebook: "For all who have suffered the loss of a child to the pain of estrangement." Click on either of the images below to go to this support group on Facebook. Anyone can ask to join or be added or invited by a member.
May 9, 2015 Keyword search: “Mother’s Day” & “Estrangement”
The following four links are the result of an internet search using keywords: "Mother's Day" and "Estrangement". The links are to articles recently posted and to articles that didn't have those annoying popups that appear all too often these days. Mother’s Day Cards I Could Use As An Estranged Daughter by Katie Naum, writer, blogger,…
Is your Estranged one a professional diagnostician in their own mind?
A common experience that is talked about in a lot of groups where family estrangement is discussed is the one of being labeled with a pathological condition by the person from whom you are estranged. With their only qualifications being that they are related to you and that they knew you once upon a time,…
New Link: Rejectedparents.net – a website for parents suffering estrangement
I found a website, rejectedparents.net, that was created in 2013 to offer support and information to parents who have been rejected by their adult children. It includes a discussion group for estranged parents. Here's the link: Parents of Estranged Adult Children: Help and HealingWhen Adult Children are Estranged: Support and Information
Slate staff writer Katy Waldman’s article on Narcissism: Link
Are you a Narcissist? by Slate staff writer Katy Waldman, August 2014 If you’re new to being estranged and to online discussions of the condition, you might not have experienced the word Narcissistic (with a capital N in the context of Narcissistic Personality Disorder) occurring frequently in discussions of family estrangement. If you are a…
Baggage, baggage, and more baggage
I've been thinking a lot lately about the baggage that people carry and how people interpret who and what other people are. The series of posts I wrote about Being Wrong were motivated by my desire to get through to those who believe they are right no matter what, no matter if there is evidence…
How do you know if you’re getting better?
When does recovery occur? When do you get over a serious loss? Some things you never "get over" but you can heal. It is possible for life to go on. You know you're getting better when you make better choices. As described in the poem below. The poem is from There's a Hole in My…