Insights and Resources for
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Find insights, resources, and guidance on healing from trauma, overcoming love addiction, and fostering personal growth. Whether you're on a journey of self-discovery or seeking support to improve your emotional well-being, these articles are designed to inspire and empower you on your path to healing.

Painting the Kitchen (And Other Ways To Avoid Reality)
Love Addiction, Pia Mellody, Mother Hunger, Love Avoidance, Relationships, Codependence Jodi White Love Addiction, Pia Mellody, Mother Hunger, Love Avoidance, Relationships, Codependence Jodi White

Painting the Kitchen (And Other Ways To Avoid Reality)

Did I have food on the table and a roof over my head? Yes. Was I functional? No. But reminding myself daily that I had so much and should be grateful for what I had only contributed to the shame that came with the misery that led to the avoidance and the growing dysfunction.

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Mötley Crüe and Peach Schnapps Made Me Do It
Pia Mellody, Codependence, Love Addiction, Relationships, Mother Hunger Jodi White Pia Mellody, Codependence, Love Addiction, Relationships, Mother Hunger Jodi White

Mötley Crüe and Peach Schnapps Made Me Do It

This time I snuck out of the house in broad daylight, arranging for that boyfriend to pick me up at the bottom of a hill on the aforementioned country highway on which we lived. I thought I was so clever; telling Mom that I was Just gonna go say Hi to the neighbors across the road real quick - which I'd never done before because I hardly knew them - and thinking she wasn't onto me. But she was.

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