ITS ALWAYS TIME FOR A CUPPA! Nite Blu.Read More...

RE, i think it's kind of an insidious thing, not something that happens over night. you might like something is startingn to feel "good" and over time you may realize that's what the feeling is, is comfort. i'm working on it, albeit slowly. i hope you can get there, too.Read More...

hear, hear!Read More...

Mine was ready to implode.Read More...

Monte... so sorry I missed your post . I hope you will keep trying. Hugs TNRead More...

I'm not sure where I am at right now. I know I feel shame, but don't really have words. Almost all of my communication recently (to myself) has been wordless, emotionless and just in pictures. There are a deep well of words and emotions... but they won't come out, not even to me. Really all I can do to process in therapy right now is work with visualizations. I'm very visual but I'm used to explaining, interpreting, and understanding those visuals through words. So I can only work literally...Read More...

Ahhh, Luvely cuppu Blu. just what I needed!Read More...

She's gonna win this!Read More...

Can the brain do that without a T? I'm hoping soRead More...

Blu, I am sure there is a reason for the no response, and cancellations from your shrink. Is she well?Read More...

Hi Crootie, You’ve hit the nail on the head when your T said “… [we] spend a lot of time in our heads, and not communicating?” I consider all angles to identify and verbalise my thoughts and feelings but I just can’t do it which leaves me so bloody frustrated and my counselor I think? My first counsellor hugged me which I found safe and okay, in fact it helped me to speak more freely although I didn’t touch on the deeper stuff that’s coming up for me now. I have many hugs from friends mainly...Read More...

oh, i'll be viewing that one over and over! awesome! that was played a ton in my youth and i never gave it a thought (it was "old" people music). pretty powerful stuff, actually. thanks for sharing and for the awesome thread title. see ya!Read More...

"There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” ― L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of OzRead More...

Actually, I believe it was 'Honey' the adult who helped destroy her childhood demons. No one was there for her when she was a child. Maybe that is why she became a teacher to 'problem' children. She can relate to them and their fears.Read More...

Sweet dreams CD.Read More...

Everything about us was threatened Blu. That silence made me want to run too. Now I see it as..yes, a gateway to ourselves. Nicely put!Read More...

I feel the kettles...yes. Swimming and skiing are my release.Read More...

I *know* you CD. Settle for nothing more than the best for you and the wee one.Read More...

My T's upcoming vacation is weighing quite heavily on my mind. As hard as it was to not dive and stay under the covers all day, I literally had to force my a** out the front door. I could feel the inevitable panic attack setting in and li'l one's flood of tears just beneath the surface. When it gets to this point, the desire to drink becomes unbearable at times. As painful as it is to go thru this during my sobriety, I cannot allow myself to go back to drinking enough to black out almost...Read More...

I am still learning as you are Green Eyes.Read More...

Turtle, I thought your dots were very creative. Someone erased them though.Read More...

I'm happy for you, Athenacus! I hope you'll write more about this. Since I like to create anxieties for myself, it's not enough that I'm in therapy--I like to fast-forward/forecast the time when I will have to leave therapy and wonder how hard it will be, how much I will obsess about T, when/where I would ever run into her (probably never ) and so on.... So hearing about your meeting makes me feel elated and so happy for you today! RabbitEarsRead More...

((Muff)) So right on target and so incredibly hard to get there--the elusiveness has been the struggle of my lifetime YET, like you, I won't settle for any thing less for all of me!Read More...