More of a story than a thought
I don’t feel like I do, but if I walk outside, I matter. If you get up to go to your job or get coffee and the New York Times or workout and come back, you’re alive and you are part of society. We watch days turn into weeks. Weeks turn into months. Months turn […]
Men are known as the less emotional sex; they are supposed to be bastions of stability; the rock in the middle of a storm; unflappably cool no matter what the circumstance. Of course, it’s not wrong for men to get emotional. It’s unhealthy to keep one’s feelings bottled up and shoved deep down inside. But when
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“She’s too good for you.” Oh, how I’ll hear those words till the day I die. If you have read some of my earlier posts, you’re aware I dated a woman I believed was way out of my league. She was, without a doubt, the most beautiful person I’ve ever known. She was kind, considerate,
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I have been doing some research. It turns out the rekindling of young love after many years apart is the key to long-lasting wedded bliss. A study in the United States found that people who rekindled youthful romances at least five years after they had split up had a 76 percent chance of staying together,
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I received a call two weeks after The Narc passed away. Until that point, I did not know. No idea. No call from a former neighbor. No email from our synagogue where we were members for twenty years and she had been working part time. No text from either of my two sons. The Narc
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If you have been abused by a narcissist you understand what it means to be afraid of your own happiness. That may sound peculiar or odd, I totally get it. Why would anyone be worried about smiling, laughing, getting excited, or feeling alive? The answer to that will take some explaining but it is the
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I have received several e-mails questioning my feelings for Pam. “Impossible. If this woman was all that you say, no human being would ever walk away. Either you’re a liar or a moron.” “Where is this woman? Does she really exist or is she a figment of your imagination? Beautiful, fun, and encouraging? I want
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I had an epiphany the other day. Before continuing, I’ll be honest, I had to look it up as well. In the playground in my mind, I’m wondering: “What do you mean by ‘epiphany,’ exactly?” Everyone from Bill Gates to WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, is talking about realizations and awakenings, and many times these are
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Life Partner? My mom was married to my dad. I know this because on all paperwork she ever had to complete, she always checked the box that said wife. My dad? He always seemed to check the husband box. There never was a partner box. I don’t even know if we can say husband or
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What do you think is the most important thing a narcissist steals from you? Admittedly, that is a heck of a question. However, it is a big question that needs to be asked. It can only help your healing if you can drill down to the core of the problem. How are you meant to heal
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