We have gone through almost half of the book, and soon it’s time to start digging into my childhood and possibly to cause some irritation in my parents as I go through tests and the like to figure out what I lacked in the past. But before that, I want to take a moment to…
Category: Series
The long series of posts that all are a part of a whole!
Life Traps | Pt. 35: If I was a parent
This post is a contemplation on the things I would do differently if I was ever going to be a mother. About the things I’d teach them, the ways I’d try to educate them, and how I would act in contrast to the adults in my childhood. About the kind of things I would like…
Life Traps | Pt. 34: The Bullying never ends
This post is a continuation of the previous installment of the Life Trap series, “Bullying Begins”. In this second part, I will be talking about bullying during my adult life, both in the schooling system and work environment. I will also dare look into the bullies within the familiar circles, as the pandemic of meanery…
Life Traps | Pt. 33: Bullying Begins
In the next two posts, I take a look at one of the more persisting issues of our world: Bullying. I’ll talk about it all the way from my kindergarten days to adulthood, as it has been a key ingredient in how I ended up and is something to be talked about – preferably as…
Life Traps | Pt. 32: Freeflow depiction of my childhood
One of the questions mentioned in the book (Tunne Lukkosi by Kimmo Takanen) is ‘How would you write about your childhood?’. And well, since I’m a writer, I figured this would be the perfect exercise for me! So here goes, buckle up for roughly a thousand words on the topic of ‘Mrs. Vana’s Childhood’. My…
Life Traps | Pt. 31: What do I want to forget?
The book says that if we’ve learned to forget bad things from the past, we are likely still trying to do it when we are adults. In today’s post, I will look at some of the things I might want to forget, although most of the things I’ve truly cast from my mind happened during…
Life Traps | Pt. 30: An unpleasant memory
In this post, I will be taking a trip into the darker side of my memories to contrast the previous installment in the series, and see what I can find out. I will take a moment to recall what it was like as a child, to go through my parent separation, and then see what…
Life Traps | Pt. 29: Journey to a few pleasant places
In this post, I will be taking a trip to some places and situations/activities in my past that I enjoyed, trying to recall what it was like in those moments. It is a part of the mental practices pictured in the book “Tunne Lukkosi” by Kimmo Takanen. Fishing In my childhood, we used to go…
Life Traps | Pt. 28: Memories of childhood
The time has come to get into the part of this journey that I have not been looking forward to – my childhood. Nobody in my family is fond of me writing about these topics, the least of all me. But alas, I have BPD and the typical reasons for someone to have this affliction…
Life Traps | Pt. 27: Relationship rights and responsibilities
As a Borderline person, I have a hard time differentiating realities from my own perceptions on occasion. This is why it is extremely important to sit down and take a good look at what my true rights and responsibilities are, especially within my marriage. Basic rights The rights I’ve found in a relationship, or life…