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August 2015

August 05, 2015

Maintaining a Relationship with Difficult Parents

I'm not sure I'm the best person to give advice on dealing with controlling, manipulative,...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

When Love Is Abuse

I was raised in an evangelical home. Between five and ten years ag I went...

July 11, 2012

You’ve been brainwashed; or, following after fleshly lusts

Sometimes, from time to time, a fundamentalist or evangelical child grows up to question and...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Courtship, Part 1: Eroding Girls’ Self Confidence

When I was in high school, I looked forward to the day when I would...

June 11, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: The Family Responds to Questioning

How did your parents and siblings respond to you questioning/rejecting their beliefs? How did those...

May 2012

May 16, 2012

Focus on the Family on emotional abuse

I recently found an entry on emotional abuse on Focus on the Family's website. The...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Emotional Incest

Inspired by my series on emotional incest a few weeks ago, Sierra of The Phoenix and the...

April 05, 2012

Emotional Incest, Part 4: The Pain

In Part 1 I discussed the definition of emotional incest (note: it is not sexual);...

April 04, 2012

Emotional Incest, Part 3: Daddy’s Little Princess and Mommy’s Big Boy

In Part 1 I looked at the definition of emotional incest and in Part 2...

April 03, 2012

Emotional Incest, Part 2: The Botkins

In Part 1 I discussed the definition of emotional incest. Today I will look at teachings of leading...

April 02, 2012

Emotional Incest, Part 1: Definitions

"Emotional incest" is a tricky term because it sounds as though it implies a sexual...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

Dealing with difficult relationships, Part II

This is part of a series I'm doing on dealing with difficult relationships, and most...

March 26, 2012

Dealing with difficult relationships, Part I

I received a lot of grateful comments after the posts I wrote on coming out...

March 17, 2012

“There’s something I need to talk to you about”

When someone says "there's something I need to talk to you about" to me, my...

October 2011

October 22, 2011

An Examination of Emotional Manipulation

My husband brings in the mail. "There's a letter for you," he informs me. "Who...