by johannasr2 | Apr 24, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Communication, Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults
Notes from a Parent Realizing a Child is Addicted and Wishing her own Mother was Alive / Circa 2001 This book is not about my mother, who has been the sole subject of my musings for more than five years; it is about raising children and being human. I am engaging in...
by johannasr2 | Nov 10, 2024 | Fibromyalgia, Health Care, Psychology, Response to Trauma
Birate Doctoral by Wikimedia Commons This morning I watched a show about Israel’s healthcare system having found (after much experimentation) an effective treatment for TBI (traumatic brain injury)and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The show demonstrated how a...
by johannasr2 | May 2, 2024 | Addiction, Family, Feelings, Fibromyalgia, Internet Communication, Love, Parenting Adults, Relationships
Mothering Addiction And You’re so Angry With Me Why? You could have asked me any question, at any time. You didn’t. Instead, you used the time to attack, to bruise, to hit. You didn’t seem to care that you were doing as awful damage as anyone to anyone. I am 60,...
by johannasr2 | Apr 8, 2023 | Addiction, Family, Parenting Adults, Psychology, Relationships
And he doesn’t even like that; the first thing I ever gave him was his name, and he doesn’t like it. He goes by Russ. Russ & his Mother: JB Collection July 2011 Right now, he is very angry with me. He says that I am always trying to get him into political...
by johannasr2 | Jul 5, 2021 | Addiction, Family, Parenting Adults, Psychology
I get that working with an addicted loved one can be traumatizing and cause anger and pain. What I don’t get is all of the anger pushed outward, to be pressed on others who are *at best* sideliners to the drama unfolding in the family. Addiction can and does tear...
