The more comfortable you become with discomfort, the more the discomfort will reveal itself to you.
Jackson MacKenzie
Excerpts from Jackson MacKenzie’s book, Whole Again:
“[There are people who] use ‘forgiveness’ as a tool to guilt-trip you into giving them another chance. To manipulate you into taking the blame for their own wrongdoings. To prove that you’re both ‘equally as bad.’ To shame you for legitimate anger you may carry over mistreatment. To wag their fingers at you and patronize you for not being able to ‘let go’ of the past (as opposed to them taking responsibility for their inappropriate behavior).”
“Codependent forgiveness is this fantasized tear-filled beautiful reconciliation where everything is magically cured by love and compassion. … You make up excuses and reasons for them, your heart melts, you take them back, and then they hurt you again.”
“You’re essentially sitting with years or decades of ignored emotions. All you need to do is listen and respond only with kindness. You do not need to judge or analyze what’s going on. Instead, simply welcome these feelings. Let them in.”
“Your intuition is actually really good—the problem is, you doubt it. You’re so preoccupied with trying to make sure you’re reasonable and seeing all perspectives that you fail to throw in the towel when people are blatantly mistreating you. Oftentimes you notice something seems ‘off’ for the longest time, but you feel guilty and dismiss it because the person is nice to you, or because they aren’t rejecting you.”
Braveheart, I share quoted material here from my therapeutic reading and self-directed study as a visual chronicle of my progress + to share inspiration and prompts with you.
I share quotations here as “shorthand” regarding the mile markers of my journey.
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
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