It is interesting to see how anger in not being validated in families ridden with alexithymia can lead to an diagnosis of ‘madness’ or ‘craziness’. This post from 6 years back explores issues I grappled with while Mum was alive and showed how my older sister struggled.
Interesting just to log on and read a really great blog on an Upturned Soul which explored themes of crazymaking, cause just this week I was having a conversation with someone about the issue or fear of being judged as crazy. My elder sister had a psychotic breakdown in her early thirties (this happened in the early 80’s when I was in my late teens). It followed a cerebral bleed but when I explore the astrology around it and feel deeply into the pressures that were building up within her to burst forth at that time, it made sense to me that her psyche may have splintered under the pressure and sought to release some of it in a psychotic break. One of the manifestations was that she burned up a lot of possessions and my brother was called in to clean up the mess, though I’ve only found this out…
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Emerging From The Dark Night 
Happy Diwali to you Deb 🪔🎉💖
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I remember celebrating it one year when I worked at the Adyar Bookshop Ashok with some Indian friends. Wishing you a lovely Diwali.
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