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  • October 6, 2025

    7 Signs Of Childhood Neglect

    It is important first to establish that what is commonly understood as “neglect” is in fact parental rejection. Parents reject their children. “Neglect” is an abuser-convenient term because it does not acknowledge the agency of parents. Parents make the active choice to disengage from their children and they are damn well able to observe the… Continue reading

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    child abuse, self-knowledge, steve franssen, steven franssen, trauma
  • September 15, 2025

    Isolation Is Not The Way

    A number of friendships in the past ten years have gone the same way for me: I am discarded in favor of ideology. People don’t invest much into their relationships that way when ideology comes knocking, it isn’t so painful for them to pull up stakes and retreat further into their isolation. It is all… Continue reading

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    isolation, steven franssen
  • August 27, 2025

    The Alternative To Narcissism

    Relationships require upkeep. This means that goodwill needs to be banked with some frequency or the relationship will fade away. Most everyone has found themselves in the situation where they are putting in more effort than the other person. This tendency finds its origins in childhood, where we had to manage a parent who was… Continue reading

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    freedom, philosophy, self-knowledge, self-reflection, steve franssen, steven franssen
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