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Category Archives: psychopathy, narcissicism, and personality disorders in cohousing
Back to school
I read another cohousing article recently where one woman mentioned she had a friend who lived in a retirement community. She pointed out how much this friend hated it there and felt like they returned to high school with the … Continue reading
Another Day Another Cult
This week two movies about cults (or cult like) were released. I was so happy to see the mysterious “Don’t Worry Darling”. I could tell it was creepy and the town was holding a secret from the promotions. It started … Continue reading
Book Review – Escaping Utopia and similarities to cohousing
ESCAPING UTOPIA: Growing up in a cult, getting out, and starting over. The book is based on cult/toxic group research and contains many Interviews of cult survivors who were brought into the cult as children (or born in). The first … Continue reading
Not just the facts, m’am
My son has autism so sometimes he feels like someone has broken a rule. That also leads him to look to report the rule breaker. The other night, he called the police. The police came and were very kind to … Continue reading
Why you shouldn’t tell someone to just move on
I had never had narcissistic abuse until I moved into cohousing. There was a big one who controlled the whole narrative and changed the focus from her family’s appalling behavior to my attempt of helping them and the community. So, … Continue reading
The Anarchists on HBO and The Deep End on Hulu
Sometimes shows can capture what life is like living in a forming community. HBO has a documentary called The Anarchists about a group of, you guessed it, anarchists organizing a conference and living in Acapulco, Mexico. This show demonstrates exactly … Continue reading
The C word
I’ve been traveling a lot the past few months. I’ve seen old friends and made new ones. I met up with a friend, Claire, who visited me a few years ago. She had remembered, but I had forgotten, that we … Continue reading
Scapegoat in the Family
One of my pet peeves is when people in cohousing call it a family. It isn’t but if you want to go there you have to be honest. There are all types of families. Some are the Brady Bunch and … Continue reading
Guest Blog Post – I’m not the only one!
Whenever I think I just had a “bad experience” as two cohousers have told me, I think of my friend all the way across the country. She moved into a cohousing that is over 10 years old, so mine being … Continue reading
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Johnny Depp/Amber Heard PTSD, cohousing, and me
I was listening to court TV as I fell asleep the other night. One of the psychologists was talking. She was describing how Amber Heard had PTSD. She said that when incidents keep popping up in your head when you … Continue reading