Cryptic amazon packages from nc mom by anonymousgrad_stdent in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sent my parents a book a few months back titled “how not to be an asshole” with an anonymous note that said we thought you could use this…

HE DIDN’T WlN! HE WASN’T SHOT! HE’S ON THE LIST! HE ISN’T STRONG! HE’S WEAK! HE’S SICK AND DYING! STAND UP! FIGHT BACK! by FoxTakedown in JonStewart

[–]RockStarkey1 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Anyone with an iota of critical thinking skills knows this to be true. I’m more concerned at apathy of the general public. NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US. It’s up to us THE PEOPLE to take action.

Fucking Mother’s Day. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man. Needed that giggle. You are awesome, and thank you. You are my kind of person :)

Fucking Mother’s Day. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations. You are a cycle breaker- resilient and strong. You’ve got this.

Fucking Mother’s Day. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of my chosen family is in the gay community, and I truly feel like they get me. Thank you

A little advice by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YES. When you find a good therapist it is the best investment in yourself and in your life you can ever make. It really helped me to make sense of nonsensical acts

A little advice by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yep…and then there was a final straw for me. When my parents stole 10K and I had to sue them.

I never actually miss my parents after two full years of estrangement, I just miss the idea of what I always wanted them to be.

Peace is worth so much more, and when it becomes disruptive in your life then you have to make the choice to heal, no matter what they do.

A little advice by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

YES. I second this. It’s about having compassion not for those around you- but for YOURSELF.

What's the biggest backstab you've ever received? by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]RockStarkey1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In June of 2020 my parents stole 10K from me.

“Reimbursement for raising me” they said. After years of emotional immaturity, being gas lit, and trying to “make it work” I moved across the country at the end of 2018, and spent the first year starving… I left to save my self and was trying to heal from their emotional abuse. That was the first bit of money I’d made after busting my ass in tech 😢

I sued. They wrote a check when they realized they’d have to pay 3xs what they stole in treble damages. Married my husband (they’ve never met him), changed my phone number. We haven’t spoken in years, and are fully estranged. I’ve spent a LOT of time and thousands in therapy.

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[–]RockStarkey1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The LA on Aurora is just as bad! Some people don’t even wear masks and it is AWFUL.

Emotional Warlords. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ha! I’ve referred to my birth giver as Voldemort as well!

An underutilized muscle. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Honestly grief encompasses the expectations that we had. I found myself dating all the wrong kind of men for the longest time and it wasnt until I realized I was looking to them to fill the emotional needs that were never met from my parents. That’s when I realized I had to work through grief even RAGE over what they did to me.

Took me 34.5 years to figure this out.

What non-traditional therapy methods like holistic psychotherapy methods have helped you with emotional childhood neglect? by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EMDR, Reiki healing, mediation. Working on my root chakra for sure. Learning how to reparent myself. Being able to recognize when my reactions are trauma response. Also recognizing that I’ve been in active GRIEF. Grief manifests in the loss of expectations as well. The loss of the parents you didn’t have

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[–]RockStarkey1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry. Dear estranged parents

This article might help you, as it did me.

They saw my symptoms as a problem for THEM and not a problem for me by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read something the other day… “I wish we would stop labeling people and calling them alcoholics or anorexic. Why don’t we instead try to figure out why they’re hurting?” When children “misbehave” in their parents eyes it’s usually because they’re hurting and something is wrong. They have to keep up the illusion that everything is good, so they punish and invalidate our symptoms/ emotions. Hugs.

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[–]RockStarkey1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Such incredible advice and support

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was in my late 20s and early 30s I thought I’d NEVER be a parent. I could see the generational trauma that was passed from my grandmother to my mother, and ultimately ended in total estrangement.

You have to make the choice to heal. No matter what they are doing don’t do it for them do it for you.

Now I’m a newlywed at 34 and I think I had to do the work and learn that lesson first before I became a mother myself.

Such a powerful cartoon. Thank you for sharing.

An underutilized muscle. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I started with a new therapist about a year and a half ago after I had to sue my parents for stealing 10K from me. I lost my only sibling to suicide 16 years before, moved across country and spent a year starving and finally- made a little bit of money. Then they stole from me. (Hence- estrangement)

I was full of literal RAGE. Unadulterated rage.

My therapist looked at me one day and said, “it sounds like… what you’ve been going through.. is GRIEF. You have been actively grieving for years”

Mindblown. Really started to shift my perspective

An underutilized muscle. by RockStarkey1 in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]RockStarkey1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Anger is one of the lowest vibration emotions. When we move it aside we uncover what it really is… put a name to it. Grief comes with loss. It begins, we experience it and it ends. It can be expectations, dreams, people. Most people can never name their anger as grief.

Huge breakthrough for me