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My brother is so enmeshed with my mother that sometimes it seems like they're the same person. I don't think sibling relationships can really survive this kind of narcissistic abuse. It's tragic. And ironic--one person's frustrated attempts at connection leads to fragmentation within the family.

I learned this very well after returning from a psychedelic retreat in Mexico. Healing sometimes involves recalibrating imbalanced or abusive relationships. Sometimes they don’t survive.

This is what I learned. Healing showed me that I had not been protecting myself. I had no choice but to start.

Taking responsibility for your own pain is part of growing up. Those who never learn to do that, caught up in a cycle of blame, make really crappy parents.

My mother rewrites the past so that she doesn’t have to take responsibility for all the times she failed to nurture or protect.

Absolutely nothing is sacred aside from whatever protects and advances the interests of their fragile egos. They believe in nothing other than control.

I believe that the two worlds overlap one another right now—one is dying and one is being born. Hence the craziness.

Maybe it’s time to rethink what being safe means. Are any of us safe if some are not? Does my safety come at the expense of someone else’s? Can we really ever be guaranteed protection in this world?

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It will never help to call out his hypocrisy. It's like shouting into the wind. He is exactly what he appears to be--a sociopath rapist with zero empathy, no morality, no humanity. His actions should not surprise anyone. How is anyone surprised? After so many years of this?

I think it's interesting that the establishment continues to take him seriously and then clutches their pearls when he says something totally unhinged. There is no presidency. He is not a "president". It's gone. It's over.

This is exactly what I was thinking. My kids are US/UK dual citizens. Right after the election we got their UK passports renewed.

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When I finally went no contact with my mother, I wept with exhaustion. I was so tired.

He doesn’t give a shit whether anyone is counting on him. The man has no humanity. How can anyone not see that?

Thanks for this. Needed to hear it. Finishing up a memoir about healing from childhood trauma with the help of psilocybin and DMT. Only a 250 page book but these projects are NOT easy. Appreciate the encouraging words.