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I'm going to give myself a pat on the back today. I paid a big chunk on the credit card & now it looks like it's going to be paid off next month! (Yeah, I'll hooray next month too!) Of course,...

Well, Saturday I got to practice some of my new techniques. I was chatting on FB with my sister & she was clearly "baiting" me. But I didn't take the bait! I cooly answered any questions that...

Well my son failed English 2. He will have to go an extra year, if he stays in school. This really, really, really sucks. And I don't think he even cares.

So, all the crap I've been dealing with all my life (primarily from my mom & sister & now sometimes with my son) actually has names for it: Belittling, Gaslighting, Invalidation & Picking...

Well, I'll start with the "sadder" tale. My sister who is 3 years younger than me made a post on Facebook, to which I made a very innocuous comment. In reply to me, she was very condescending &...

Not on position, not on relationships, not on tasks. I can choose to enjoy my life. I can enjoy my own company, hobbies & things. If there's other folks to enjoy it with, great! If not, I can go...

I've been doing a lot of reading about boundaries lately, knowing that they're important to my autonomy & mental health. I'll probably need to set some with DH and probably with DS & Sister as well....

From a commenter on the NYT Motherlode Blog: I think it was in a Ladies Home Journal article I read once that pointed out, if you have to ask your husband (or anyone) to do something, then you are...

OK, so I know the kind of person I'm dealing with. I know I can't change him. I know that I feel as though I were emotionally abused, or at the very least a victim of some of his delusions. I know...

Symptoms of Paranoid Delusional Disorder (from WikiHow):SuspiciousExpectation that they will be exploitedUnreasonably believes others are plotting against him/herSelf imageis easily...

I heard last night that our former pastor's wife just passed away from pancreatic cancer.  We knew it was coming, but we were just told on Sunday that she had a month.  I guess it was less...She...

  "Nits" that I can't really do anything about:motivation: to update his resume (I said I'd type it up if he's write up the updates), to pursue his "calling" (photography) more actively, to do more...

Not the first time this has happened, but I'm starting to make a note of it...Out of the blue (right before bed), my H asks,"Am I a terrible husband?" I say no (he's not the best, but he's not...

Well, the box was moved again this morning.  I didn't count it, but I moved it.Also found other unpleasant things in the house & on the computer.  I'm just sick.  Can't trust him.  Need time to...

Got a money order today of the $ I had set aside in the envelope marked groceries.  Since we had been using the tax refund $ for groceries, I should have had $900.00 total in the envelope.  I only...