Category Archives: announcements

Major changes in the header!

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If you look in the header, you will probably see the headings are completely different. I did some rearranging, renaming, and cleaning up, which meant some of the headers had to be demoted to sub-headers. There were simply too many headers which were becoming unwieldy and making the blog look cluttered, not to mention they were becoming disorganized and hard to navigate. I think this change will make it easier to find what you are looking for.

Hopefully everyone likes the new header arrangement. So take a look, play with the headers and subheaders, and see where your favorite topics are.

Blessings,
Lauren Bennett “Lucky Otter”

Two new header tabs!

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Because I write so much about my Aspergers, I realized it would be easier for my readers to find related articles if I made a kind of “Table of Contents” listing the relevant posts. I decided to do the same for my Avoidant Personality Disorder, even though I haven’t written too much about it (my Aspergers and Avoidant traits tend to blend together so there’s a lot of overlap).

Living with Avoidant Personality Disorder

Living with Aspergers

Later, I may add an additional tab about BPD, but because my articles about BPD tend to blend in with the NPD and general Cluster B disorders articles (of which there are far too many to list in a header tab), it would be a lot more difficult to separate them. It would also be harder to pick out the ones applying only to my own experience in having BPD, from those talking about BPD in general. Anyway, my header graphic pretty much announces that this blog is primarily about narcissism and BPD (which I’ve been writing a lot more about recently).

Second chance to participate in parental narcissism survey!

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To all ACONs:

I emailed Valerie Berenice Coles, Ph.D candidate from The University of Georgia to find out when the results of the survey about parental narcissism I posted about back in the winter would be published. I received this reply:

Hi Lauren,

Thank you so much for you email! I promise I have not forgotten about the report. After concluding the first study we received so many request from individuals that missed the study that we opened another study for those who missed the first one and are including those responses in the report (which WILL be sent out this summer). If you happen to have any readers who did not participate in the first study but are interested in getting involved (there is only 1 $100 gift card this time), the link is: https://ugeorgia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8cDgGItIiXqe3B3

This study will be up through June. If you have any other questions, please let me know!

Valerie Berenice Coles, MA
PhD Student, Research Project Manager
Graduate Assistant to Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Student Ambassadors Program
University of Georgia
Department of Communication Studies
Caldwell Hall
http://comm.uga.edu/people/individuals/155

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So, for any ACONs who did not have a chance to participate in the first survey, which ended on February 28th, here is another chance to help out and possibly win a $100 gift card too.

The survey will only take about 15 minutes of your time but those 15 minutes will be invaluable in helping to find out more about this very important topic.

As I did the last time, I will be posting a link to the survey in the sidebar.
Again, here is the link to the second survey:
https://ugeorgia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8cDgGItIiXqe3B3

Also, as soon as the results are available from the first study, I’ll be posting them here.

Not bragging, but…

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Rain check for “The progression of spring” series.

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I have been posting a new set of photos in my weekly series “The Progression of Spring” every Sunday since March 8th, but today has been pouring rain all day, and it’s foggy so I’m going to have to delay the next installment until tomorrow or whenever the weather improves. Monsoon season has started. Sorry, guys! Here’s one photo for ya.

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I’d say in about another 2-3 weeks I’ll be ending this series because once everything looks like summer, I’m done with this project. Every day is looking greener than the last. Spring is in full swing!

ETA: I looked up the weather forecast for this week. The first nice day looks to be Tuesday, after that, who knows? We’re in monsoon season–mid-late April and early May is our rainy season.

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New gravatar and profile

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I finally got around to changing my gravatar photo and rewriting my profile. Not much else to say. I think the new profile better reflects my state of mind now.

Only two days left to take parental narcissism survey!

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The University of Georgia’s Communications Department will be finishing collecting data on Saturday, Feb. 28th–just two more days.

Remember, taking this survey only takes about 15 minutes and you will be helping with an important study about narcissistic parents’ communication styles.

By taking the survey, you may also win a $100 gift card! Just answer a few questions at the end of the survey.

Here is the link to take the survey (it’s also at the top of the sidebar).
https://ugeorgia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpUcPJ3CkaLjOPb

Hurry! Time is running out.

Music therapy.

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I added a new page in my header: How Music has Helped in my Healing.

Music has been incredibly important in my journey to wellness, second only to writing. I could not survive in a world without music. I don’t really have a favorite genre; I love all good music. If I started another blog, it would probably be a music blog. I always try to include lots of music in this blog, representing a variety of genres and from different decades.

I added this new page because of its importance to me in helping in my healing. You’d be surprised how effective it can be.

I have included full videos (lyric videos if I could find them) of several songs that have been especially therapeutic to me, for a variety of reasons. I’m hoping these songs can help others too.

I intend to add more songs as time goes along. These are certainly not the only songs that have helped me, just the ones that have been most recently.

I’m also planning to do another “narcissist songs” post because there are lots of songs about narcissism I haven’t covered and those always seem to be popular posts.

New: Emergency escape button!

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I got this idea from Lady With a Truck’s blog. I am adding an ESCAPE button at the top of the sidebar.

If you are reading this blog and are still with your narc and they come into the room and can see what you’re looking at, hit the Escape button and you will immediately be taken to The Huffington Post (I picked this site because she did and it’s a good news site, so why not?).

Your history on the computer will still show this website so don’t forget to erase your history and cookies.

My decision to run ads on this site

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I signed up for “WordAds”, a service WordPress offers that allows a blogger with their own URL to run a few ads on their site that may provide a small income. Being that I would like this blog to become income-producing, or lead to being able to make a living writing, I think this is a good start.

The ads will not overtake the site or become a nuisance. I don’t want this blog to become cluttered with ads. I hope no one minds my decision to run a few ads on my blog. If I see anything offensive, there is an option to remove those particular ads (otherwise, I don’t get to choose which ads are run).

It’s my understanding that a signed-in WordPress blogger will not see the ads. I can only see them if I’m signed out.

Just thought I’d let y’all know.