Dear Anita

I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying developing a positive inner voice too! 🤍

Thanks for your kindness, as well as sharing your thoughts and feelings. 🤍

I think he’s getting more and more interested in potty training these days. He actually felt comfortable sitting on the potty for a while. It was a first! I didn’t even coax him into it. I am a proud mama. 🤍

Hmm, I guess I don’t think of it as empathy in the traditional sense. I just logically think about different aspects of reality from a distance like a puzzle, trying to fit the pieces together and see the picture. 🤍

I think it’s understandable to be angry about not getting an apology after all of that abuse. 🫂

Hmm well my thoughts might be different from yours. I’m curious to hear what yours are too. In my experience, people who don’t want to acknowledge the severity of the pain they’ve caused have a difficult time apologising. True remorse means feeling the pain. For people who are so triggered by pain, they try and avoid it preferring to live in the comfort of denial. And yet, it cannot be denied entirely. I believe these things eat away at them and further their self-hatred. 🤍

It isn’t really fair for the victims of abuse that they are denied out of pure selfishness. 🤍

Yes, there is a difference between hyperbole and these things being said as a genuine threat. I guess, I don’t view intrusive thoughts as a genuine threat. Please don’t worry, talking about these things isn’t upsetting to me.

I’m sorry that your mother threatened you like that. Mine did too. It is a terrifying experience to feel like your life is in danger with your own mother. Things should never be this way. 🤍