A book , I find horribly sad

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy is a powerful and deeply personal memoir that explores themes of control, abuse, self-discovery, and healing. Through candid storytelling, McCurdy reflects on her childhood as a child actor, her complex relationship with her mother, and her journey to finding her own identity.

Here are 10 lessons from the book:

1. Abuse Isn’t Always Obvious: Emotional manipulation and control, often disguised as love or care, can be just as harmful as physical abuse.

2. Seeking Approval Can Be Dangerous: The constant need to please others, especially parents, can lead to losing touch with your own desires and identity.

3. Trauma Shapes Behavior: Many struggles, such as eating disorders or anxiety, stem from unresolved trauma. Understanding the root of these issues is the first step to healing.

4. Setting Boundaries Is Essential: Breaking free from toxic relationships, even with family members, is necessary to protect your mental and emotional health.

5. Healing Is a Nonlinear Process: Recovery from abuse and trauma isn’t straightforward—it’s filled with ups and downs, but progress is possible.

6. Your Worth Isn’t Tied to Achievement: External success, like fame or wealth, doesn’t equate to personal fulfillment or self-worth.

7. Parents Aren’t Always Right: While we often view parents as infallible, it’s important to recognize and address their flaws and the harm they may cause.

8. It’s Okay to Feel Anger: Acknowledging and processing anger toward those who’ve hurt us is a healthy part of healing, even if it’s directed at a parent.

9. Self-Discovery Takes Time: Reclaiming your identity after years of control requires patience, exploration, and self-compassion.

10. Humor Can Be a Coping Mechanism: Finding humor in painful experiences can help process trauma and make it more bearable, though it’s important to balance humor with honesty.

Jennette McCurdy’s memoir is a raw, honest, and often darkly humorous account of surviving and healing from a painful past, ultimately offering hope to anyone navigating their own struggles.

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Author: GreatCosmicMothersUnited

I have joined with many parents affected with the surreal , yet accepted issue of child abuse via Pathogenic Parenting / Domestic abuse. As a survivor of Domestic Abuse, denial abounded that 3 sons were not affected. In my desire to be family to those who have found me lacking . As a survivor of psychiatric abuse, therapist who abused also and toxic prescribed medications took me to hell on earth with few moments of heaven. I will share my life, my experiences and my studies and research.. I will talk to small circles and I will council ; as targeted parents , grandparents , aunts , uncles etc. , are denied contact with a child for reasons that serve the abuser ...further abusing the child. I grasp the trauma and I have looked at the lost connection to a higher power.. I grasp when one is accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like discrimination.. Shame and affluence silences a lot of facts , truths that have been labeled "negative". It is about liberation of the soul from projections of a alienator , and abuser ..

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