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Christmas in Naples, meal scene with cousins, speaking of not being able to get angry

May 26, 2025

At an unforgettable and hilarious Neapolitan dinner table, I found myself TRYING to COMMUNICATE two sentences: my mother gave me away to a total stranger (though really wrapped me up in sex scandal) and my father was then diagnosed with dementia that he didn’t tell anyone about. My family’s theatricality turned my story into sport, performance, and interrogation. I couldn’t get angry, not even when they laughed, minimized, or simply didn’t understand. This wasn’t just dinner. This was a war of language, memory, and emotion—and I was outmatched until I wasn’t.

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In Memoir, Family & Relation Tags family dysfunction, emotional repression, rage, Italian family, storytelling, identity, trauma narrative, Neapolitan culture, dinner table politics, performance and identity, intergenerational trauma, childhood memory, healing through writing

Rage Is Clarity: The Day My Therapist Slammed Her Coffee Down

May 19, 2025

One therapist, one chair, one XXL iced coffee: she said my problem was rage. In the face of my mother’s chaos and my own denial, the Zen Master Sybil didn’t ask me to feel my feelings — she demanded I wake up. This is the story of how I started to.

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In Mental Health Tags Family Dynamics Emotional Healing Narrative Therapy Mental Health Rage as Power Personal EssayIntergenerational Trauma, Family Dynamics Emotional Healing Narrative Therapy Mental Health Rage as Power Personal Essay Intergenerational Trauma, family trauma, emotional healing, mother-daughter relationships, narrative therapy, rage, mental health, intergenerational trauma, therapy journey, self-discovery, memoir, psychology, dysfunctional families, childhood trauma, healing through writing, personal growth

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