The Unseen Secret Behind Joy V.’s Enigmatic Lightkeeping Journey Revealed
It took years of therapy, but I eventually found ways to harden myself again her, which was important to do because she remained suicidal for years, attempting suicide several more times. I had to learn to “mother” myself through each of these crises, which meant talking to myself kindly and compassionately, which my mother was never capable of, not with me, nor with herself.
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That was another layer to Nathan’s story that made detachment so hard. Unlike our mother, Nathan makes it a point to treat other people compassionately, going out of his way to do things like thank his nurses and doctors whenever he is hospitalized.
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