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I'm sorry about the sun, too. Ouch!!!
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We may think it's easier to "let" go and just be "crazy," but I personally won't let myself do that. Yes, I've had those thoughts, too!!! Healing is very difficult! Wouldn't it be "easier" just to be "crazy?" Then I thought that, in a way, that is letting my abuser "win." (Insert expletives here) because I'm just angry enough to stay on the path to healing. Maybe THAT is crazy, but that is how I feel.
I've come to realize that no matter how I feel at any given time, I HAVE to be the parent to my inner child(ren) that I never had and PROTECT them from any further harm - including harming myself on purpose.
In a sort of half-way house once many years ago, our therapists/case workers took us on a field trip. Well, there in the woods, I found myself yelling, "I'm a worthwhile human being!" and to this day I still have to repeat that to myself. I'm WORTH fighting for. LLT, so are YOU! You are worth fighting for. Just like Rose is and Mary and every other survivor out there.
Please keep yourself safe...This isn't an easy road. We know.
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Is the spring season helping at all? Just having some relaxing time in the sun sometimes helps me. I have a screened-in porch, so I don't get much sun while actually on the porch, but I have a chaise lounge out there, and just sitting out there with a book and my pets helps me a great deal sometimes to quiet my restless and angry spirit.
Do you ever journal? Is that something that may help? I've gotten away from that, and I really do need to pick it up again. Not sure why I don't, to tell you the truth.
Wish there was something I could do to help or offer some wise thoughts, but most of the time I feel like Winnie the Pooh and just have stuffing in my head.
Just wanted you to know I hear you....
***Sits near you with understanding and empathy***
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I was thinking about my week, and, in all honesty, this illness gave me the rest I needed in the first place.
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Is there a story with it? Did you draw it? Just wondering.-MistyView Thread

I'm sorry that you are angry, AZ.

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