I had an online date with an online friend yesterday. She shared with me how she cannot get over her ex, and soon we realized that at the core is the pain of not being…
Category: Adult Children
Articles about adult children (of alcoholics, addicts, chronically ill, depressed and narcissistic parents)
Top 3 Must Read Books, if you are ACOA (adult child of an alcoholic or you are coming from an otherwise dysfunctional family)
If you are a child of an alcoholic, addict, chronically ill parent, a child of narcissistic parents or perhaps had other challenges in your childhood that resulted in you often being a little adult and…
Facing the reality of being raised by emotionally immature parents: Why you don’t want to do it and why you need to.
Something about the way you were raised left you unable to function properly as an adult. You might be an adult child of an alcoholic, parents that had other types of addictions or were chronically…
How are guilt and shame holding you back from advancing in your career?
As a child of emotionally immature parents or ACOA (adult children of alcoholics), you are used to living with a disproportionate amount of shame and guilt. As you take on responsibility for your parents or…
You are not the one to blame for your parent’s addiction, depression, illness, death…
My father died when I was 18. It took me 10 years to realise I don’t have to blame myself for his death. And in those 10 years I lived with guilt. Well, I felt…
Intro: What I wish I knew sooner as an adult child?
This is the intro post in the series “What I wish I knew sooner as an adult child”. Adult child is a term used for ADULTS (18, 21, 50, 86, 99 years old, it doesn’t…