“The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway I’ve just finished reading another book about child abuse. I love to learn more about the issues that affect me, and it is always illuminating to explore different perspectives and read the stories of other survivors. I thought I’d start…
Tag: Therapy
To fight
Reaching to the character concealed within the type black beneath the white coiled close, knitted tight She waits to fight. In the depths of a soul ransacked raging to be whole She’ll embrace a shattered heart and gathering she’ll start To fight. Imperceptibly, she dares inhales surfacing, laid bare shame and horror Now to care…
My silent scream
After therapy being so tough yesterday, I had a very cathartic evening drawing some of my blackest feelings. I called this ‘My silent scream’. It taps into my sense of being weighed down by secrets, frustrated and attacked. It’s dark but it’s got the energy of those screams and unsaid words bursting to get out.
Retreating
I’m going on my first weekend retreat today. Apparently the itinerary will ‘detox’ my mind. I reckon they’ve got their work cut out there. Do you think they do a money back guarantee if you’re still a fucked up neurotic accident waiting to happen when you leave? Of course my expectations aren’t quite that high….
Claiming my life for myself
I’ve been reflecting on the meaning of soul this since reading ‘Care of the Soul’ by Thomas Moore. It’s a great book for anyone who leans toward existentialism, it works for me because it is spiritual without being religious. There’s a lot of wisdom in Moore’s words that has helped me in my effort to…
What do you do when your therapist goes on holiday?
My therapist is going away for a week soon and I am dreading it. I know that I will feel like I’ve got no failsafe without her, even though most of the time I don’t need one. I find safety in knowing she can be at the end of the phone if I have a…
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