Posted by: Jessen on: April 12, 2009
This post is graphic and upsetting. I had an extremely difficult time writing it – I’ve had the idea in my head for weeks, but I was not able to write until I started feeling angry about it and I HAD to write. It’s important that these stories are heard.
I was inspired to write this [...]
Posted by: Jessen on: January 24, 2009
I originally posted this on facebook. I got some very positive responses from people who could relate to my experiences, so I thought I’d post it in public.
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This stuff is still far to painful for me to discuss in public. But I thought it would be helpful for others to write about it here. it [...]
Posted by: Jessen on: January 8, 2009
For those perhaps not in the know – FOO is a therapist acronym for “Family Of Origin” – its purpose is to draw a distinction between somebody’s first family – parents, siblings, etc – and their second family, if they have one, such as wife, kids, etc. To De-FOO is to cease contact with your [...]
Posted by: Jessen on: December 10, 2008
‘Women Who Hurt Themselves’ is almost too difficult to read. For some reason it gives me really vivid and sometimes distressing memories of one of my ex girlfriends.
I first knew her when we were very young children in kindergarten. I ended up leaving the school we attended when I was seven or eight and we [...]
Posted by: Jessen on: November 23, 2008
I listened to podcast 836 “Sex, Love and Money” last night, and it gave me a stomach-churning, knots-in-my-throat feeling. In the podcast Stef talks about how women who marry for money are basically just prostitutes, which I had never really thought about before, but which I don’t disagree with.
One thing I have been [...]
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