About

The purpose of Estrangements.com is to collect and provide information on estrangement in one place for those of us who are trying to understand and cope with estrangement.

My name is Ginny. I have had a number of estrangements in my life, one of which was painful enough to inspire me to develop Estrangements.com as a way of dealing with the pain and collecting information on estrangement in one place that others might find helpful.

I write an online journal or blog on my own experience of being estranged and on estrangement in general. There is a page with a list of names of people who are estranged and links to internet sites with more information about those people, about psychological and spiritual conditions that can result in estrangement, and links to support and discussion groups. There is a page on which you will find a list of books, movies, and articles about estrangement and a page with poems on estrangement.

You may find something that will inspire you to think of estrangement in a new way. In the journal which began in 2001 on Estrangements.com and moved in 2005 to Typepad, I don't write to be popular or to make people like me or to hurt anyone. I write to share what I personally have experienced in estrangement.

This is the only story on which I can speak with authority. My own experience. Which doesn't mean that I am right about disagreements that I describe or that my memory is perfect or that I want anyone to hate or like anyone whom I write about. When I share feelings, it doesn't mean that I am doing anything other than sharing a feeling. It means only that this is the experience that is mine and I talk about it as honestly as I possibly can. You may like me or hate me. But I can't be anyone other than who I am.

I know that I am a nice person but when I am honest about what I've experienced, you may not be able to relate to me or like me all the time. That's okay. There's no point in my changing my story to something other than what I've experienced. Others who were part of these experiences would undoubtedly tell a different story. There would be as many different stories as there are people involved. You can trust me on that! After all, their stories would be about their experience, not mine.

Whatever happens with all of our estrangements in the long run, I hope that it is for the best. Please take what you like and leave the rest.

If you return to Estrangements.com, you will see that it changes over time. This website is an ongoing project that, like the weather and relationships, changes.

Ginny