Tattered Firefly

Pain, Rage, & Introspection While Healing

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My Best Was Never Good Enough

My Best Was Never Good Enough

It hurts knowing that your best wasn’t good enough. Everyone seems to agree that this statement is true. Many like to say that it will be good enough for “the right person,” but what if your best has just never been good enough for anyone in your life? Or for society in general? Then what contrived platitudes will be offered in an attempt to give solace? Please note: this post is a random…

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HSP vs BPD - similarities and major differences

HSP vs BPD – similarities and major differences

Please note: this is a post that was sitting around on my notepad for months, which I have recently done a minimal amount of editing on. I am trying to publish things here and there, but I don’t always take the time to do so. I’m considering either changing this blog immensely or just scrapping it and starting a type of blog about my healing journey that is altogether different both in…

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A wonderfully worded quote from @stop.emotional.abuse , which is a perfect summation of my current life goals, and what I am aiming for as I move forward in healing from what has been literally a lifetime of trauma. #icandothis https://www.instagram.com/p/CIDHeBSjA-I/?igshid=2z2dvys1ss1d

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New blog post: https://tatteredfirefly.wordpress.com/2020/11/16/directions-poem/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CHuAN4JjNKb/?igshid=41nnkjz2vzm5

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"Directions" - A Poem

“Directions” – A Poem

I must start this post with a disclaimer: this poem is not exactly an original work. I found a poem that I liked a lot and endeavored to create my own, more personalized, version of it (though this was months ago, and I didn’t write down the source or even just the actual text of the original, so I’ve actually forgotten how similar my version may or may not be to the original, and I can’t find…

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"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead!" - Yeah, Something Like That...

“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead!” – Yeah, Something Like That…

Please note: I’m trying to start finally publishing posts that were previously lingering on my notepad, unfinished, for quite a while. Because of the fact that this post is one of those, as I’ve so often stated with how slowly I get to publishing posts, events discussed herein are not necessarily current. In fact, this post in particular was cobbled together from something I started writing…

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The Hoover Really Sucks

The Hoover Really Sucks

Well, I had to interject some humor into this somewhere, as that is a major coping mechanism for me… and so the title is a pun! That said, it’s also quite true.

In case you’re wondering, yeah I fell for it… to a certain extentI fell for it. My logical mind knows that his claims of feeling guilt and remorse for having done me wrong are just bullshit posturing to try to lure me back in enough to…

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😏 https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDWiEgjuY6/?igshid=1jv2yl3vg9l5n

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Countless times my ex-husband abandoned me or just got ridiculously angry when he made me cry. I highly doubt that he ever once cried over me, so this is a succinct statement to remind myself of who and what he really is. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGorOg4DIwy/?igshid=lks6t42qpeks

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💉💩👎🖕 https://www.instagram.com/p/CEt12AEDC8B/?igshid=yv714khmxf3y

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A little mid-pandemic humor... https://www.instagram.com/p/CCM_K7dDc07/?igshid=cxe1dahuc60i

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If only! https://www.instagram.com/p/CBYjkKMjLfk/?igshid=akxcs9zw6jhu

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Warning to Other Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

At one point I read somewhere (I think it may have been on Instagram) a posting from a fellow survivor’s page warning about predatory people who will try to make a profit off of us, promising to teach us, for a fee of course, how to avoid ever getting involved with a narcissist again. I thought, “Easy to avoid; I’m not going to pay anyone for advice!”

But more recently I’ve learned that it’s…

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New blog entry: https://tatteredfirefly.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/sharing-another-poem-and-a-unicorn-shall-lead-them/?preview=true https://www.instagram.com/p/CBK8YWNjTC3/?igshid=1m1kallxrylq6

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Sharing Another Poem - "And a Unicorn Shall Lead Them"

Sharing Another Poem – “And a Unicorn Shall Lead Them”

I regret that, once again, I’m sharing a poem that spoke to me when I read it, rather than properly blogging. But, I think it’s better I at least post something rather than nothing at all. I think I found this via a link on Facebook from a friend months ago, and I stashed it away for later, then found it again today.

I felt the need to share this poem despite the fact that on the surface, it has…

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