What is Narcissistic Baiting?
Narcissistic baiting refers to a narcissistic person using "bait" to get an emotional reaction from someone. You can't keep what isn't...
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Joy & Pain:
A Collection of Essays & Photos
As I'm working on the other half of my Joy & Pain project, there are still some pieces that need some air, but I'd prefer to keep them over here.
Robin Kastengren
- 7 min
Religion: Ok, I'll deal with it.
I mentioned the tarot card ladies yesterday, so let's go. I was raised Catholic and to believe all of it and do what they tell me. My mom...
Robin Kastengren
- 4 min
Listener Request: Resources
I have only one lane here: middle-aged white women with a lifelong history of trauma and abuse who are just discovering their...
Robin Kastengren
- 5 min
40 Years of Masking Autism
Why did it take so long to arrive at autism? Good question, and for me, it all comes down to masking. I’ve been masking for as long as I...
Robin Kastengren
- 0 min
Robin Kastengren
- 3 min
The End of the Road
I know that sick people scare people. I know it because they scare me and because I’ve tried my whole life to not make sick people even...
Robin Kastengren
- 1 min
When I Said Honesty Used to Be Your Thing
I didn't mean for it to be negative. Nobody has been lied to about everything by just about everyone quite like you have. You've always...
Robin Kastengren
- 1 min
Irish Twins; Irish Curse
We were literally inseparable for 17 years and spent all our extra money on phone minutes for the ten years after that. You know every...
Robin Kastengren
- 3 min
All I Know About My Dad's Half
My dad’s father, my Hiya, remains a Good Guy in my memories. I really know nothing about him at all other than I thought his face looked...
Robin Kastengren
- 1 min
Moving Forward
Essays
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