Tag: abuse

• Black box

  A talented artist Stan Walker sings a song I LOVE called “Black Box” where in the chorus he sings “There’s a little black box yeah, somewhere in the ocean…holding all the truth about us…there’s a little black box, a record of emotion…everything there ever was…” (** Black boxes are anti-breakable boxes on planes that record […]

  janetdthomas77

  May 19, 2022

  abuse, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, depression, divorce, identity, love, marriage, mental illness, narcissist, Relationships

  abuse, addiction, Amber Heard, black box, cheating, divorce, Johnny Depp, pain, Relationships, Trial

• The Shrink next door

  It’s hard to write today’s blog because it hurts my heart to remember back to the abusive relationship I was in and how much pain I went through at the time. I wrote a chapter about Anne in my Memoir but watching appleTV’s series “The Shrink next door” and seeing a sweet, vulnerable man go […]

  janetdthomas77

  November 25, 2021

  abuse, coercive control, family, Fears, Friends, Life, loss, narcissist, Relationships

  abuse, coercive control, conniving, destruction, lies, manipulation, pain, profoundhurt

• Thank you

  I used to date a scary, incredibly abusive guy. When HE decided to leave ME (the only way the relationship was going to end because I’d bonded with my captor), Dad agreed to drive us both to the airport. We watched Gavin’s suitcases, TV (yes, he took the only TV ‘we’ had in ‘our’ apartment) […]

  janetdthomas77

  February 21, 2021

  abuse, coercive control, dating, Fears, Life, Relationships

  abuse, anxiety, boys, coercive control, fear