@corlin Hmm.

I personally get a huge dopamine blast from finishing most books, but I think that might be mostly a "me thing." #NeuroSpicy

Thank you for clarifying this; I wouldn't have known!

@aspecurian @corlin Wow, that was wild. Y'all set off some dominoes, now there's a blog post some 1500 words long in reply. I started writing it, then there was family drama that sent me to my room, then I revised it today to try to shorten it, lol.

Anyway, I looked for an inspirational flower to illustrate it with and settled on a pitcher plant flower because I find carnivorous plants to be inspirational :)

https://tippitiwichet.com/2023/12/31/self-help-books-avoiding-the-toxic-and-finding-healing/

@tippitiwichet @aspecurian

Thanks for sharing that.
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@corlin @aspecurian I aim to please :)

@corlin @aspecurian Actually, looking at my blog now, it's starting to shape into my current goal of something I can stick on my resume when I get the peer recovery support specialist thing, so thank you very much for the inspiration.

@tippitiwichet @corlin Narcissistic abuse creates generational trauma on a level that I don't think we quite have figured out fully yet.

And I get it- some of that abuse is linked to THEIR trauma. But.

@tippitiwichet @corlin Oooof, I felt this.

I like your writing style BTW!

@aspecurian @corlin Thanks, I'm actually currently pretty smug at how I found a voice that suits me and will actually help me in my chosen field, of not being a therapist, but working as a staff member in a residential facility. I can be my true 80s goth/hippie type self and let the trauma all be seen, and it makes me more approachable. Speaking of everyone having narcissistic traits.