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You enrolled in Protect Your Peace because you were ready to understand what happened to you. But here's what I keep hearing — even from people who've been through the whole thing: "I still don't know if I'm making this all up. I still question if it was actually that bad. I still don't know if I can trust myself." That doubt is telling you something. That you need more. More detail. More nuance. More proof that what you experienced was real. So I'm hosting Protect Your Peace as a live...
About ten years ago, I was on the phone with my best friend. I was pacing my apartment, rehashing something my parent had said. (again) I could hear how fast I was talking, but I couldn’t slow it down. At one point, she interrupted me. “Morgan,” she said, gently. “Every time we talk, within five minutes, you bring up your parent. Every conversation, you sound exhausted. I don’t think you realize how much space they’re taking up in your life.” I remember freezing. I felt exposed. Defensive....
If you have an emotionally immature parent, you've probably come to believe that getting hurt by them is just... inevitable. That their comments will always wreck you. That one interaction means days of replaying. But that’s not true. You can absolutely be around your parent without it taking over your thoughts or your nervous system. Not by becoming a stone cold zombie, but by stopping the one thing that gives their behavior so much power over you in the first place. I want you to be REALLY...