Kelley McCord is back with us this week. In case you missed her debut interview, it’s here. Last week, the focus was on how Kelley’s borderline mother (Trauma Glossary 1 – who she has nicknamed Egg Donor) committed serial parental alienation. Against husband numbers one, two, and three! It should come as no surprise that …
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Parental alienation is when one parent intentionally manipulates their child against their other parent. It’s most common in “high-conflict” custody battles. (High-conflict divorce, by the way, is courtroom code for divorcing a Cluster B disorder – Trauma Glossary 1.) Petty vengeance is usually the motive. So is jealousy. It’s as though the “high conflict” parent …
Parental Alienation: Daughter of a Repeat Offender Speaks Out Read More »
As a staunch advocate for complex-PTSD and having complex-PTSD, myself, I can tell you that I have endured every type of abuse, except overt sexual abuse. While hooray for small favors is in order, it does put me in a learning deficit. I’ve heard countless stories of child abuse over the years. Adult survivors have …
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Last week’s article was a thorough how-to on going no contact with toxic parents (here). I asked my group members if there was anything that hit home for them. Then I followed up by asking if they wanted to share their anonymous experiences. Five volunteered, but what truly surprised me was that their stories had …
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Imagine my surprise when I discovered not one, but two people in my group were adopted by Cluster B Personality Disordered parents. (Trauma Glossary 1) I had assumed that these days (post-Joan Crawford era) such gross oversights in adoption no longer happen. How wrong I was! I asked them, with the promise of protecting their …
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