Category: Barkings
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Validation for me! Validation for you! Validation for everyone!
In the last year I have been overwhelmed with social media professing the gospel of attachment theory. Hi, my name is Tom, I’m disorganizedly attached, and always confused and hurt. Hi, my name is Veronica, I’m secure, let’s discuss our boundaries. Please stand back, my name is Archie and I’m dismissive avoidant, Farther back please.…
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Confessio
Recently my friend told me his mother used to say, “This is hell”, referring to the world around her. He asked me if she knew what this felt like to him. I tried to listen and validate his feeling but he did not really elaborate how he felt after hearing her. His face was both…
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Stranger
When I was thirteen or so my aunt lent me a book that affected me in a profound way. I mean in a challenging me to be a different person, here is a blueprint or at least guidelines way. So much stuff to think about, a different way, shit, I mean really different. The book…
One More Bark in the Night 