This is a plea for advice. The reasons why are a lot to go into, and I haven’t got the energy for explaining right now. But the short story is I’ve suddenly found myself smack in the middle of intense emotional pain. It feels like huge, heavy, overwhelming grief. It is completely unbearable. I keep…
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I’m losing it again
I need to pour my heart out here tonight, because I am really scared. As much as I am desperate to deny it, to my wife, my friends, J and myself, I know I am getting sick again. Things have gone bad. Really bad. I am hardly coping at all. I’m driven towards isolation, hiding,…
What are sleep terrors?
Sleep terrors are not nightmares. I can safely assert this because I have experienced plenty of both. Nightmares tend to have a narrative; they are frightening or disturbing or gory. You wake from a nightmare feeling scared but knowing what occurred was a bad dream. You turn on the light, get a cuddle if you’re…
Advice please: How do you parent yourself?
Can you offer advice on how I can parent my inner child? Lots of you write about this, and I know its something a lot of survivors of abuse and neglect struggle with. When you’re so deeply wounded as a little one, its no wonder taking care of that younger part is such a challenge….
Soundtrack: Protect me from what I want
I’ve got out of the habit of sharing the soundtrack to my days. I used to do this every Wednesday. I’m not really sure why. I guess when I think a song is amazing and says something about how I feel I want everyone to hear it! Today is very much a Placebo day. This…
Not coping
I feel like I’ve started on a downward spiral again. I’m away on holiday, so I can’t understand why I feel so desperately low. I hate myself. I have no cause to complain, but that makes me feel even worse. Talk about first world problems. I think maybe I was pushing hard to get through Christmas….
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