It's up! Trigger warnings for emotional abuse, verbal abuse, ableism, CPTSD. http://www.muthamagazine.com/2019/08/what-is-kindness/ One day about two years ago, my mind was running wild, planning out what to say to a person who has hurt me over and over. They would hurt me, and I'd spend hours and days thinking about how to explain my feelings just right. "Maybe if I say it this way they'll hear me this time," I'd think obsessively, awake in the dark, trying to make our relationship tolerable through the power of creative expression and empathy. I'd been running this hamster wheel for years. Maybe my whole life. With the help of non-violent communication, a friend who'd been in therapy a long time, another friend who taught me kindness and compassion, and another friend who modeled boundaries, I was finally able to snap out of it. I remember that moment. I realized: these words in my mind are valuable. "Stop signs are for safety." It started...
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