2 feet, alone, wearing sneakers in a circle. The Scapegoat stands alone.

Family Scapegoat: What’s Worse, Betrayal or Abuse?

Childhood Stuff, Gaslighting, Scapegoat, Truthtellers
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*Trigger warning: this blog post about a family scapegoat contains sensitive content.* When speaking to my badass therapist, Trisha, a realization dawned on me that had me writing in my journal at 2.0 speed. A question arose, “As the family scapegoat, what’s worse? The abuse? Or the betrayal…

Little girl knocking on a very large front door.

Gaslit at the Age of Four: A First Experience

Childhood Stuff, Gaslighting, Truthtellers

Not long ago I realized my first example, or first introduction, to gaslighting, came at the very young age of five. A few weeks ago, my therapist and I were discussing a recent episode of gaslighting I had experienced around a family event I was left out of….