therapy – Page 4 – Eleanor Skelton

Outside the Box: What is Joy?

Another anonymous post from a creative soul friend. Dear ****, I’m not writing this for you, cause I know you’ll never read it. I’m not writing this for you either, or you or you or you. I’m writing this for You, and I’m writing this for me. Did you know I was at a pointContinueContinue reading “Outside the Box: What is Joy?”

The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul

You know people who talk about the dark night of the soul? Yeah, that. It doesn’t just exist in fiction. I try not to complain. I’m naturally an optimist. But 2015 has been an incredibly difficult year. I’ve lost several people, not to death, but to change. I don’t know which is harder, honestly. IContinueContinue reading “The darkest days of the year and the dark night of the soul”

Internalization, boundaries, and me

Communication is amazing, when it actually happens. It’s cliche, but both sides have to be willing to exchange and receive information. I’m trying to talk to my parents again. This is a choice I have made, not out of obligation. I’m told that I’m naïve, but there’s this little flicker of optimism inside me that refuses toContinueContinue reading “Internalization, boundaries, and me”

When your fundamentalist Christian parents stalk you

Stalking is usually applied to a romantic relationship gone bad. This is why people hesitate to believe me when I say I’ve been stalked by my parents. After I moved out, my parents showed up unannounced at work or on campus, asking me to reconsider and go to Bob Jones University. The first time itContinueContinue reading “When your fundamentalist Christian parents stalk you”

Emotional Hypothermia, Part 5: This is your life

Continued from Part 4 I remember when We used to drive Anywhere but here As long as we’d forget our lives We were so young and confusedthat we didn’t know To laugh or cry Those nights were ours They will live and never die Together we’d stand forever…- Skillet, Those Nights The first week ofContinueContinue reading “Emotional Hypothermia, Part 5: This is your life”