Emotional Abuse And Motherhood

By nature, women generally have instinctive needs to raise and nurture children. The fulfillment of these needs is natural and healthy. Emotional abuse occurs only when the mother attempts to use the child or teen to fulfill needs which are not consistent with those of an emotionally healthy adult.  (read on...)

Sometimes I Felt Nothing, Those Were The Worst Times

I am a self-abuser, self-mutilator, self-harmer. Whatever label you give my behaviour, I use a razor blade as a coping strategy. The first time I cut myself, I was 15. My life had been shattered by the bullying I experienced at school. Most of the taunts were related to my acne – I was known as “pizza-face” during my four years at middle school. I had no friends, I was incredibly lonely,  (read on...)

Suicide

I’m about to take up a position which is going to be deemed by some, if not all, as a terrible stand to take. As a matter of fact, if anyone were to agree with me on the subject, I’d be surprised. For you see, rather than arguing from the position of suicide being an unjustified and inane way to die, I shall argue the other point.  (read on...)

Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts

First off, there are those who are reading this who might not know which camp they fall into, the extrovert or the introvert. Chances are, the majority of those reading this will know, but for those who don’t, let’s define those two terms here very broadly. Extroverts tend to be those who are more energized when around other people. They are the ones who  (read on...)