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Amazing and it so relates to my life in terms of my relationship with my mother.
This book is so human related that it goes right to your heart - be it joy, sorrow, disbelief, injustice and humour. I ended up laughing, crying, tearing, rolling my eyes and even shaking my head in disbelief as I turned the pages one by one.

My cousin gifted this book to me. I’m taking my sweet time to read it. Many things which happened to this author as explained in the book sounds is somewhat similar to my life experiences in terms of mother-daughter relationship. Not exactly the same but emotionally in comparison. Emotions which are comparable. The pages made me laugh,sigh,cry, even trigger some difficult emotions which have cast away long ago.

I find EMDR in chapter 15 really fascinating.

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This paragraph really caught my attention:

The body keeps the score. If the memory of trauma is encoded in the viscera, in heartbreak and gut-wrenching emotions, in autoimmune disorders and skeletal/muscular problems, and if mind/brain/visceral communications is the royal road to emotion regulations, this demands a radical shift in our therapeutic assumptions.

The following sentence by the author let me burst out laughing!
“This statement came to haunt me after a couple of years, when Dr.M became authoritarian…..”

I let out a snicker when I read this sentence..
“The Press seemed to be bolder in the first few months of his administration, and it was refreshing to note greater freedom all around (I was thinking…Yah right!). In my first editorial on his government, published in the Dec 1981 issue of Insaf, I wrote: “We sense and feel a liberal wind in the air, which we welcome and hope will continue to blow permanently.”

I just finished chapter 6 last night. Oh how I love the way the author has narrated and explained how the May 13 riots unfolded and the permanent repercussion from that event that has changed the whole fate, landscape, future of Malaysia.
I’ve never seen the day that led to the May 13 riots, never experienced it first hand, but yes, I am totally aware of its impact post May 13 up to today.