Episode 20 - "True Love" and trauma bonding.
I was in love with the character known as Elizabeth. There was pressure to make out and I was terrified. Jared had become more and more of a bully and as a result, I finally made the big move! Soon th...
10 Jan 20240s
Episode 19 - Jean jackets, Coca Cola clothing, Vans, and fights!
I was maybe four-foot-four in junior high. It was in the first few days of my experience here that I witnessed my first act of violence which deeply impacted my soul in ways I could not anticipate. I ...
10 Jan 20240s
Episode 18 - The dark world of junior high is suddenly thrust upon me
There is no way to explain to a child the extent tho which their life will immediately change upon boarding and then exiting the bus on the first day of junior high. I'd been bullied before, particula...
10 Jan 20240s
Episode seventeen (even though I say it's episode 16) - A talk on Jeremiah's affliction and empathy.
This chapter deals with the Character Jeremiah and how he got sick. This was a time in my life when I began noticing my empathic nature but had no one to process it with. Children feel so much more th...
10 Jan 20240s
Episode 16 - A talk on the chapter 'One on One' and how my friends respected me when we we alone together.
A talk on the chapter 'One on One' deals with the nature of sidekicks and how they can be turned on immediately and become victims.
17 Dec 20230s
Episode 15 - More on soul abandonment and trauma bonding as I broke the first part on my skateboard.
I became trauma-bonded with a couple of my friends on my eleventh birthday after I had gotten my first real skateboard in fifth grade.
17 Dec 20230s
Episode 14 - A talk on The Squirrel chapter and the sacredness of life I discovered that day upon seeing it extinguished.
My sensitivity was both a blessing and a curse and still is. I felt into the life of the squirrel whose life I saw taken that day alongside my friends who experienced the same thing.
17 Dec 20230s
Episode 13 - A talk on the chapter entitled Growing Up.
Growing up in the 1980s was a magical experience in so many ways, but the darkness had ways of creeping into my existence. There was a component of 'aloneness' to all of it that became more and more p...
17 Dec 20230s
