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		By: Melanie Tonia Evans		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-1205936&quot;&gt;Kristina&lt;/a&gt;.

Kristina,

it is so my pleasure.

Thrive On Dear Lady!

Mel 🙏💕💛]]></description>
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<p>Kristina,</p>
<p>it is so my pleasure.</p>
<p>Thrive On Dear Lady!</p>
<p>Mel 🙏💕💛</p>
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		By: Kristina		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello

Thank you for this radio show. I can absolutely relate to Sylvia so much. I have been narping sometime and I love the place where I am now like Sylvia is.  I finally don’t have to justify my existence. 

I am eternally grateful for you Melanie and your work.   I have tried everything and this has absolutely changed my life. 

Thank you 😊 so much 
Kristina]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello</p>
<p>Thank you for this radio show. I can absolutely relate to Sylvia so much. I have been narping sometime and I love the place where I am now like Sylvia is.  I finally don’t have to justify my existence. </p>
<p>I am eternally grateful for you Melanie and your work.   I have tried everything and this has absolutely changed my life. </p>
<p>Thank you 😊 so much<br />
Kristina</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 15:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077&quot;&gt;Melanie Tonia Evans&lt;/a&gt;.

Thanks Julian. I have a scenario here. I have run a report from infoview which inturn has triggered a script at the backend. Now I realise, my report is not optimised. It either runs for a long time or fetches a huge amount of data, so I have stopped the report. But the query would still continue at the backend. Query can be killed if am a root user, from the backend. Is there a way to handle this from BO ? We are using BO Xi3.This behaviour is the same with oracle,netezza databases.Please suggest.Many Thanks,Sunehri]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077">Melanie Tonia Evans</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks Julian. I have a scenario here. I have run a report from infoview which inturn has triggered a script at the backend. Now I realise, my report is not optimised. It either runs for a long time or fetches a huge amount of data, so I have stopped the report. But the query would still continue at the backend. Query can be killed if am a root user, from the backend. Is there a way to handle this from BO ? We are using BO Xi3.This behaviour is the same with oracle,netezza databases.Please suggest.Many Thanks,Sunehri</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077&quot;&gt;Melanie Tonia Evans&lt;/a&gt;.

Congrats Jenna and Brad!. I was at my daughters choir concert last night and heard a beautiful girls name &#8220;Tanaya Hope&#8221; It was a senior concert so they were honoring the graduating seniors in the choir and I just thought if I ever have another daughter I might have to take that name.]]></description>
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<p>Congrats Jenna and Brad!. I was at my daughters choir concert last night and heard a beautiful girls name &#8220;Tanaya Hope&#8221; It was a senior concert so they were honoring the graduating seniors in the choir and I just thought if I ever have another daughter I might have to take that name.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077&quot;&gt;Melanie Tonia Evans&lt;/a&gt;.

I love what you&#8217;re speaking to here.&#8220;When I allow myself to lean on others, Iâ€™m acknowledging what I need and who and where to go for the answers. Thatâ€™s independence â€“ knowing what you need and knowing how to get your needs fulfilled.&#8221; It&#8217;s so important to know who yourself in order to ask for the help you need. Thanks so much for sharing, Joanne.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077">Melanie Tonia Evans</a>.</p>
<p>I love what you&#8217;re speaking to here.&#8220;When I allow myself to lean on others, Iâ€™m acknowledging what I need and who and where to go for the answers. Thatâ€™s independence â€“ knowing what you need and knowing how to get your needs fulfilled.&#8221; It&#8217;s so important to know who yourself in order to ask for the help you need. Thanks so much for sharing, Joanne.</p>
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		By: Jacalyn		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-660077&quot;&gt;Melanie Tonia Evans&lt;/a&gt;.

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<p>I sehreacd a bunch of sites and this was the best.</p>
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		By: Jen		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-666140&quot;&gt;Jen&lt;/a&gt;.

P.S. 

Erika,

Also, like you, I asked God for many years why I had to go through so much hell - in my case, just to be alive, to exist, to be as entitled to be here as everyone else.  It was so hard to hold on to the candle of my own soul and believe in it, when they kept trying to force their darkness around it, and convince me I didn&#039;t even have a right to be human.
Wow!!!  I know how you feel.
They are walking shells of human beings.  Their souls have been murdered (unfortunately so often by their own parents), and they are empty spectors, full of self hate and agony.  I feel sorry for the child or person they once were, before the deaths of their souls.  But they don&#039;t really exist anymore.  Now they are machines of destruction.  If there is any chance they can be really humanized, good for them.  But I don&#039;t know that, so they have to take care of that for themselves.  I can honestly (and happily) say they no longer matter to me - they have no permission or power in my life.

Happy journey!

Blessings,
Jen M.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-666140">Jen</a>.</p>
<p>P.S. </p>
<p>Erika,</p>
<p>Also, like you, I asked God for many years why I had to go through so much hell &#8211; in my case, just to be alive, to exist, to be as entitled to be here as everyone else.  It was so hard to hold on to the candle of my own soul and believe in it, when they kept trying to force their darkness around it, and convince me I didn&#8217;t even have a right to be human.<br />
Wow!!!  I know how you feel.<br />
They are walking shells of human beings.  Their souls have been murdered (unfortunately so often by their own parents), and they are empty spectors, full of self hate and agony.  I feel sorry for the child or person they once were, before the deaths of their souls.  But they don&#8217;t really exist anymore.  Now they are machines of destruction.  If there is any chance they can be really humanized, good for them.  But I don&#8217;t know that, so they have to take care of that for themselves.  I can honestly (and happily) say they no longer matter to me &#8211; they have no permission or power in my life.</p>
<p>Happy journey!</p>
<p>Blessings,<br />
Jen M.</p>
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		By: Jen		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2016 20:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-659995&quot;&gt;Erika Schütz from Switzerland&lt;/a&gt;.

Dear Erika,

I was struck by your comment that both your father and older sister are narcissistic.  I grew up with the very same combination.  It was extremely difficult as they certainly kept the sands shifting and me perpetually blindsighted and confused by their pathological lying, put downs, and contempt.  My mother is a good woman, but really was as unsuited and unprepared to deal with their tricks and destruction as I was.  My younger brother remained largely detached.  I did not marry a narcissist, as I had done enough soul searching and reconstruction (to the degree that I could on my own), by the time I was in my mid twenties when I got married (and besides, the horror of marrying anything like them was enough to keep me on high radar and not go that route), and while neither my hubs nor I am perfect, we do have true love.  And it just keeps getting better the more educated I am, the more self healing I do, and the more we support each other along the way.  BTW, I also have an 11 year old son (and another son and daughter).  :-)  The parallels are interesting.  I hope you have continued healing, peace, and joy in your life.

Blessings,
Jen M.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://blog.melanietoniaevans.com/overcoming-abuse-when-its-all-youve-ever-known-thrivershow-31/#comment-659995">Erika Schütz from Switzerland</a>.</p>
<p>Dear Erika,</p>
<p>I was struck by your comment that both your father and older sister are narcissistic.  I grew up with the very same combination.  It was extremely difficult as they certainly kept the sands shifting and me perpetually blindsighted and confused by their pathological lying, put downs, and contempt.  My mother is a good woman, but really was as unsuited and unprepared to deal with their tricks and destruction as I was.  My younger brother remained largely detached.  I did not marry a narcissist, as I had done enough soul searching and reconstruction (to the degree that I could on my own), by the time I was in my mid twenties when I got married (and besides, the horror of marrying anything like them was enough to keep me on high radar and not go that route), and while neither my hubs nor I am perfect, we do have true love.  And it just keeps getting better the more educated I am, the more self healing I do, and the more we support each other along the way.  BTW, I also have an 11 year old son (and another son and daughter).  🙂  The parallels are interesting.  I hope you have continued healing, peace, and joy in your life.</p>
<p>Blessings,<br />
Jen M.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 22:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not sure where to start. I am an adoptee, adopted by parents at a time they were already having marriage issues. My father was definitely an N, drank, gambled, womanised etc. My mother so desperate to save her marriage neglected us during that time. As I was my father&#039;s &#039;favourite&#039; child, I always felt punished by that from my mother who eventually left my father and brought my sister and I up on her own. I always felt she was punishing me, I was never good enough no matter how hard I tried to show her. Eventually, I gave up trying to show her and just wasted my years at school. By this stage though, I was constantly living in a fog that I could never understand. It never felt right but I could never understand it until recently. I am 50 and have been separated from my N of 23 years for 9 weeks now. It has taken this time away from the situation, plenty of reading, a great counsellor, being told about your website, to finally discover what has been happening in my life. I feel like history has almost repeated itself but wthout the drinking to excess and the gambling, though he has allowed his business to become less and less viable most recently. I am also seeing away from the situation, how much clearer I am again thinking now that the anxiety and depression that he has blamed on the demise of our marriage to everyone around him, including our teens. I&#039;ve had one full emotional breakdown as I tried to get him to stop and own up to his affairs and then have to listen to all the things he admired about them that I apparently didn&#039;t possess and another breakdown when he left 9 weeks ago for someone else, left me feeling abandoned, depressed and helpless. My teens also blaming me for their father leaving.

I have no job at present but in 9 short weeks, I can&#039;t believe how much stronger I am feeling now that I have come to understand &#039;the dance&#039; my ex and I were doing. I&#039;ve felt for years that our marriage was becoming like my relationship with my father, not normal but didn&#039;t know what it was, that it had a name. Instead I spent too much time on trying to work out if I was bipolar, schizophrenic etc that was constantly being placed on me by my ex. I wanted out years ago but was told if I left, he would make sure I would never see our kids again. Scared of his threats, I stayed.

Thank you for your fabulous website that not only informs but also works on healing the victim. I enjoyed hearing Sylvias story at 2am this morning when I couldnt sleep. I am about to sign up. No longer a victim but a survivor and looking forward to my future. ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure where to start. I am an adoptee, adopted by parents at a time they were already having marriage issues. My father was definitely an N, drank, gambled, womanised etc. My mother so desperate to save her marriage neglected us during that time. As I was my father&#8217;s &#8216;favourite&#8217; child, I always felt punished by that from my mother who eventually left my father and brought my sister and I up on her own. I always felt she was punishing me, I was never good enough no matter how hard I tried to show her. Eventually, I gave up trying to show her and just wasted my years at school. By this stage though, I was constantly living in a fog that I could never understand. It never felt right but I could never understand it until recently. I am 50 and have been separated from my N of 23 years for 9 weeks now. It has taken this time away from the situation, plenty of reading, a great counsellor, being told about your website, to finally discover what has been happening in my life. I feel like history has almost repeated itself but wthout the drinking to excess and the gambling, though he has allowed his business to become less and less viable most recently. I am also seeing away from the situation, how much clearer I am again thinking now that the anxiety and depression that he has blamed on the demise of our marriage to everyone around him, including our teens. I&#8217;ve had one full emotional breakdown as I tried to get him to stop and own up to his affairs and then have to listen to all the things he admired about them that I apparently didn&#8217;t possess and another breakdown when he left 9 weeks ago for someone else, left me feeling abandoned, depressed and helpless. My teens also blaming me for their father leaving.</p>
<p>I have no job at present but in 9 short weeks, I can&#8217;t believe how much stronger I am feeling now that I have come to understand &#8216;the dance&#8217; my ex and I were doing. I&#8217;ve felt for years that our marriage was becoming like my relationship with my father, not normal but didn&#8217;t know what it was, that it had a name. Instead I spent too much time on trying to work out if I was bipolar, schizophrenic etc that was constantly being placed on me by my ex. I wanted out years ago but was told if I left, he would make sure I would never see our kids again. Scared of his threats, I stayed.</p>
<p>Thank you for your fabulous website that not only informs but also works on healing the victim. I enjoyed hearing Sylvias story at 2am this morning when I couldnt sleep. I am about to sign up. No longer a victim but a survivor and looking forward to my future. ?</p>
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