Even though my aunt knows I’ve scrubbed my stepmom from my life in an attempt to stop and reverse years of psychological abuse, manipulation, and mind fuckery, it’s a reality she refuses to accept.
Tag: Dawn Clancy
Losing Nanny: The Collateral Damage of Addiction
I can’t help but wonder what could’ve been if my mom’s addiction didn’t suck up and spit out every relationship and person it touched.
Stopping Psych Meds as a Form of Self-Sabotage
It’s impossible to explain to someone who’s never had suicidal thoughts what it feels like to be in a space where the only option you think you have to end your suffering is death.
Dear Daddy, Why Didn't You Protect Me?
Instead of worrying about being attacked by some random person on the street, I lived with my attacker 365 days a year.
For My Mother, Putting Down the Alcohol Wasn't Enough
As an adult, I struggled to reconcile how my mother could be bone sober but still function like the manipulative, bewildering, and self-absorbed alcoholic I sat next to in all those corner bars as a kid.
An End to the Parent-Child Role Reversal: Taking Care of Me
When my dad drank, he folded in on himself and quietly disappeared. When this happened, I’d wait patiently for his return while dreaming up myriad ways to make his life better. There was a little more than a week to go before my wedding day. Left on my to-do list was an array of tasks:… Continue reading An End to the Parent-Child Role Reversal: Taking Care of Me