Category Archives: Dysfunction

What A Child Sees

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you’ve got, say “Oh, my gosh,” and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this … Continue reading →

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Courage Enough To Step Through My Fear

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

What a dichotomy it is to want to be loved, yet fearful of it beyond explanation. Such a condition is called “love avoidance” and it’s a dysfunction I know for my own. It’s a form of “love addiction” and feels … Continue reading →

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A Gift You Give Yourself

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

I am mostly me, but bits of others people are mixed in. For some habits and tendencies I know exactly who I intentionally copied them from. Then there are those I picked things up from simply being around others; some … Continue reading →

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A New Way to Remember

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

My dysfunctions have been with me all of my adult life. However, conditions like depression, compulsion and trauma from childhood were not clearly known to me until the last ten years.  When I began to ask “why” particular behaviors came over … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

At the back of the class room was the “cloak room” is where we hug our coats. In one corner was a round cardboard “can” with metal edges that had originally been made to hold about three gallons of ice … Continue reading →

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Behind a Farting Camel

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

Hafez or Hafiz was a Persian poet who lived in the 1300′s. His work has been influential since that time even though little is actually known today about him and his life. His work made deep impressions on writers such as … Continue reading →

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The Source from Which Self-Respect Springs

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

 A relationship without basic trust has no security. Lack of trust creates anxiety. When we can’t tolerate anxiety, we resort to blame. And blame kills relationships. Anxiety is at the core of blame. When we’re upset, disappointed or angry because … Continue reading →

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We All Feel the Same Pain

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

There can be a thousand people in a room with only two dysfunction ones and they will find one another. They’re attracted like magnets to each other because they see them self in the other person. A psychologist once said that … Continue reading →

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