I Think I’m Dead

A liberating thought from someone who has escaped the clutches of a dangerous parent

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I think my sociopathic mother has convinced herself (and likely others) that I’m dead. Here’s why I think so.

When my father died about five years ago, she threw a monster blow-out of a pity party. She called clergy, friends and neighbors, cousins and uncles. Through them, she begged me to come home where I belong! “She…