walking on eggshells...more like GLASS

[Guest guest]

I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I have a

graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass all the

way!....

Do I hear an Amen?

I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your posts...I am

seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to read the collective

experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass or not I'm coming out!

TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

[Guest guest]

Amen. I've always thought eggshells was a euphemism. I'd go with walking on

rattlesnakes in a lions den while being chased with the electrodes from the

prison's death row department while burning to death.

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> I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I have a

> graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

> Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass all the

> way!....

> Do I hear an Amen?

> I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your

> posts...I am seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to read

> the collective experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass or not

> I'm coming out!

>

> TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh, that's all happening while acid is being sprayed in a fine mist in your

face.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Girlscout Cowboy <

girlscout.cowboy@...> wrote:

> Amen. I've always thought eggshells was a euphemism. I'd go with walking on

> rattlesnakes in a lions den while being chased with the electrodes from the

> prison's death row department while burning to death.

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>> I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I have

>> a graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

>> Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass all

>> the way!....

>> Do I hear an Amen?

>> I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your

>> posts...I am seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to read

>> the collective experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass or not

>> I'm coming out!

>>

>> TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

>>

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[Guest guest]

I imagined that in my foo we were tip-toeing around in a mine field, never

knowing where the hidden land mines were buried and praying to avoid stepping on

one because it would EXPLODE!

-Annie/anuria

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> > I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I have a

> > graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

> > Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass all the

> > way!....

> > Do I hear an Amen?

> > I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your

> > posts...I am seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to read

> > the collective experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass or not

> > I'm coming out!

> >

> > TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

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[Guest guest]

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> I imagined that in my foo we were tip-toeing around in a mine field, never

knowing where the hidden land mines were buried and praying to avoid stepping on

one because it would EXPLODE!

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There was no way to be able to foretell just what would set off BParent rage

next.

[Guest guest]

The euphanism we use doesnt matter as much as the realities. We tip toe

about, wondering what we can do or say without triggering a BP type

responce.

What we finally figure out is, nothing. We cannot avoid them. They

will do what they do. We can only choose to do the healthy things for

ourselves, and leave Nadas choices to her.

When we do, that is when we begin to heal.

Doug

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> I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I

have a graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

> Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass

all the way!....

> Do I hear an Amen?

> I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your

posts...I am seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to

read the collective experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass

or not I'm coming out!

>

> TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

>

[Guest guest]

The title may refer to " eggshells " but when I read the first half of the book

and how nadas treat their kids, I had a very hard time getting through it. Kept

crying and putting the book down. It pointed out so many things that she did

that I thought was " normal. " Yeah, right. And still, the book just skims the

surface of how BPD shows itself in everyday life. This forum points out all the

different little and big ways the nadas control and manipulate us. From the

biggies like screaming at us, calling us names to the sneaky little things like

saying " You got a B in that class? You're so smart, you can do better than

that. " Sounds kind of encouraging but on top of all the other negative comments

she makes, it's just another way to tell me I'll never measure up. I'll always

screw up somewhere, some how.

Anyway, the second half of the book gives hope, gives ideas on how to stand up

and be ourselves. It takes time and it hurts. But each day we push back, make

our own decisions, even say " NO " , we get a little stronger.

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> I haven't read the book WOE yet but EVERY TIME a post refers to it I have a

graunching carcrash feeling inside and it's like....

> Eggshells would be a FINE thing!!!! With my Nada it is broken glass all the

way!....

> Do I hear an Amen?

> I can't sugar coat it anymore....thanks to everyone who writes your posts...I

am seeing my life in a whole new persepctive! Being able to read the collective

experiences is the key to open my cage, broken glass or not I'm coming out!

>

> TO borrow another phrase I read here alot... " May we all heal "

>