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Sabrina Haake's avatar

I'm doing my level best to keep that fly from living rent free in my head. some days/hours are better than others.

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Greeley Miklashek, MD's avatar

I'm a retired psychiatrist and fan of psychohistory. I spent 42 yrs. assisting 25k+ suffering souls in their/our discovery of the source of their agony and an escape route. I must admit, however, that it has taken my alcoholism recovery and extensive self-analysis in the 26 yrs. of 12-step meetings that has allowed the revelation of how my father's hatred of me, his son and only child, was just a reconstruction of how he was treated by his father. Such patterns of multigenerational abuse are not uncommon in the addiction treatment field/12-step mtg's. Trump is, also, such a wounded manchild, and deserves the resentment melting compassionate regard that all such children do. I was not able to forgive/stop hating my father until I realized that he was only repeating the hateful behavior of HIS father. I have written extensively about Trump's psychology and how it drives his self-other hatred that drives so many to distraction and hatred of the hater. Compassionate regard for the abused child that lurks in the compensatory behaviors of the abuse victim has allowed me to forgive my father and Trump. I have been attacked by hate addicted parties on both political extremes for my analysis, which has led me to hypothesize that we may be a nation of traumatized and abandoned souls. You'll find the details on "Greeley's Newsletter" on substack. Good luck and have a blessed day.

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