Abuse Creates Jerks Like Me

Defensiveness, lack of self-worth, and bad emotional regulation are just some of the problems that result from abuse.

Third Act
Third Act
Nov 4 · 3 min read
Portrait picture of angry boy.
Portrait picture of angry boy.
Image Credit: pxhere

“You kids make me so acidy”

The phrase that would precede my mother beating me. I guess it was her way of expressing how much her stomach was churning, pained by whatever emotion she was feeling…

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Third Act

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Awakening, discovering who I am, reinventing myself. Childhood, marriage, and now post-separation/divorce. It is my third act. My best act so far.

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