sometimes bein #LowContact w/ fam feels like standin outside a warm-lookin house 🏡 but knowing the inside aint actually safe for you 🧸

so you wrap yourself in your own blanket instead 🧣 n hit “delete” rather then “send”

#trauma #OSDD #SelfCare

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Tell me why I’m offering friends and family a refuge at my house during the holidays? 😂

Don’t want to deal with the guilt and long distance travel, just come through to my house. All we ask is for you to wear a onesie and bring a drink of your choice. #lowcontact

My husband's entire family got together at his parents' house yesterday for homecoming. Not one person mentioned plans beforehand, but of course they sent pictures after. Do you think any one of them thought, "This could be hurtful?"

#emotionallyimmatureparents #lowcontact

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With #MatthewMcconaughey talking about it on #HowardStern, and apparently #JennetteMcCurdy (#iCarly) weighing in again having written the book "I'm Glad My Mom Died", I see people once again talking about going #NoContact, #LowContact, or #GreyRock with #parents, as in, shutting them out of your […]

Of all the 1-star Amazon reviews for my book, #thepowerofparting (there are two), this is my favorite. Never mind that it’s not true; I take it as a compliment. Thanks, Daynie!

#toxicfamily #abuse #cptsd #nocontact #lowcontact #estrangement #healing #tpop @putnambooks

why does there have to be a death in the family for everyone to act like civilized human beings for more than a couple of weeks? #cptsd #thesefuckinpeopleman #lowcontact #nocontact

I’m delighted to see #thepowerofparting front & center among the new & noteworthy at B & N! Thanks, Joe Stampf, for the 📷, & thanks @barnesandnoble for the lovely placement!

#toxicfamily #abuse #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #survivor #healing #tpop @putnambooks

From #thepowerofparting, why #abuse #survivors should consider taking #mothersday off. Or quitting this awful job altogether

#toxicfamily #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #healing #tpop @putnambooks

I fervently hope you’ll read every sentence in #thepowerofparting (& thanks so much to those who have!), but I feel obliged to highlight what I consider its most important sentence

#toxicfamily #abuse #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #healing #tpop @putnambooks @booksbybluebird

The MOST exciting blurb for #TPOP just landed

🙏📘💫

#toxicfamily #abuse #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #healing #thepowerofparting @putnambooks

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A new, glorious benefit of going #lowcontact with my parents is that I don't have to pretend everything is okay just to get through a holiday. And I don't have to pretend to think that their awful version of God is anything worth following or worshipping.

I don't have enough energy to waste it on superficial relationships. I desire deep connection and community. And it really sucks that my family can't get past the weather anymore.

#lowcontact

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Day 2 of #lowcontact with my parents. I am on the warpath today. Blocking from all available socials, muting calls and texts, etc. Mom always expressed frustration that I'm a private (in her words, "secretive") person. Well, she's about to find out how secretive I can actually be. #villainera

Just went low to no contact with my parents. Any advice/jokes that'll make it easier? #enby #nocontact #lowcontact #dyinginside

My dear friend @dawnladavis seems to be quite intrigued by #thepowerofparting. Her dear friend Kiki seems to be … less so. You can see for yourself who’s right when #tpop drops one month from today

#abuse #survivor #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #healing @putnambooks.bsky.social

Hey you....endlessly hopefully one...

(As hard as it is)

This is the question you might need to ask of your relationships.

🌿Lauren + Luke
@flourish_therapy

#lowcontact #nocontact #childhoodtraumarecovery
#toxicfamily #toxicrelationships

#narcmothers They know they're lying. They want you to lie for them. My mother did this. She would say it in a way that said... "repeat after me." And I wouldn't. I won't lie for that bitch. They need their family to back up the lie. Keep up appearances. I won't. #lowcontact

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Like you’re telling me half the stuff I was told was actually not my fault, or that random person you’ve demonized’s fault, and you never took accountability. Got it. Imma go over here #lowcontact #blacksky #parentsky #blackskyover30

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ALSO, since being diagnosed with ADHD and realizing how much effort I put into things previously and how people took advantage of that def has me standoffish from a lot of family in general. #lowcontact #blacksky #parentsky #blackskyover30

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Ex. I called home every week on Monday for 20 years. I stopped one day… I’ve received a call from home maybe 4x in a year and a half. #lowcontact #blacksky #parentsky #blackskyover30

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Usually we need a medical emergency for the grandparents to show up to visit, and still required to meet their precious expectations and notions of you. It’s weird how things change when you place boundaries #lowcontact #blacksky #parentsky #blackskyover30

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My wife was like, “don’t you wish we had somewhere to go to chill and share with watching the girls.” I said, “you mean support?” We laughed and then it became somber. #lowcontact #blacksky #parentsky #blackskyover30

When you ask someone why they are estranged from their parent/s, just be prepared to sign a disclaimer, get comfy & take in a trigger warning, b/c you likely just opened the portal to an extensive trauma lore. #cptsd #parenting #estranged #lowcontact #nocontact

Let my kids know that I won't be going to their dad's house because we are not getting along. It's sad cause I would usually suppress all my anxiety to go to their bday party with their friends at dad's house. We will have our separate party and work through it.
#lowcontact #nocontact

What many other abuse survivors and I want most for Christmas..

#abuse #trauma #survivor #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact #thepowerofparting #tpop

Shamelessly sharing another 😍 quote card for #thepowerofparting crafted by marketing maven @mhpiep at @putnambooks. Thanks again to Molly for bestowing her artistic gifts on #tpop & to @david__sheff for his extremely kind words!

#abuse #survivor #cptsd #estrangement #nocontact #lowcontact

#estrangement = #rebirth

#thepowerofparting #abuse #survivor #cptsd #nocontact #lowcontact