When it comes to the topic of divorce, this can be a little bit like The Scarlet Letter. If you are not familiar with the story, a woman who had committed adultery was forced to walk around with a scarlet letter A sewn into her clothes. This identified to everyone the sin she had ...
Therapists are experienced in helping college students navigate a recent family divorce or ongoing problems with a past divorce. Seek your own therapist if you find yourself making your child your sounding board. It is natural that you might want to open up to your child about y...
Working at a state university provides certain unasked-for pleasures, certain unwanted fringe benefits, and a wide assortment of things you thought you’d left behind a long time ago, not unlike drinking turned wine instead of putting it in the compost. Why do you do it? You’re not broke...
"It's as though I'm scanning a desert with a pair of binoculars. Everywhere I look I see bodies strewn about in various stages of death and dying – divorce, isolation, abusive and decayed relationships, all types of devastation. After viewing this I ask myself, Why would I want to be...
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Fraud is a deliberate misrepresentation that causes a person or business to suffer damages, often in the form of monetary losses. All of these elements are usually required for an act to be considered fraud; if someone lied about his name, for example, it would not be fraud unless in so ...
So many heavy things, I can so very much understand why you would not consider it a gift. Truth is, I am none to pleased with it either. I do consider it a gift that I get to still be here today, and I guess that’s the aspect I try to focus on. ~Catherine Reply Nancy Decem...
Any form of abuse—physical, emotional, sexual, or psychological—is a clear sign that the relationship is not healthy. Love cannot and should not justify or excuse abusive behavior, and leaving the relationship is often the only safe and healthy option. It’s apparent why love isn’t enough...
The cosmos is also within us. We are made of star dust. We are a way that the cosmos can know itself. Carl Sagan
proposed to be included in the DSM-5 as a condition that refers to the unique impacts of childhood trauma. However, it was rejected and is not currently an official diagnosis. Despite this, some people may relate to the proposed symptoms, and it may be useful as a tool for understanding...