it has been a good long time since I posted. So long, that I had to look up how to log in. I was aware I wasn\’t posting, but the state of mind/body/spirit I\’ve been in is built to protect us from overwhelm and trauma and burnout, so I wasn\’t completely aware. I\’ve just sort …
Last year, two weeks after we locked down, I posted for the first time about my journey with life-long PTSD. (see it here)-and why it was easier for me than for most to lockdown. I\’ve been in some form of internal lock-down for most of my life. Of course, I had no idea that more …
I\’ve taken countless writing workshops and classes where, when you say \”I don\’t know what to write about\”, the facilitator will say: \”write about THAT.\” Yeah. It sounds like annoying response, but here\’s the thing: IT WORKS. And I\’ve been thinking, for a while: there are all these things I WANT to write about-but I …
I dabbled in meditation for years before I took up a regular practice. And that regular practice didn\’t last long, honestly. I am, at best, a sporadic meditator. Same with yoga. Same with writing. about fifteen years ago, though, I got serious about meditation for quite some time. It was transformative–and not always in a …
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yes, it\’s okayif you\’ve hit your limitif you have little or no bandwidthyesit\’s okay that is where I am right now.note: this is not a post for pityI am not seeking attentionI feel like a wrung-out ragand I want to say it out loudfor meand alsofor anyone who should find thiswho has also hit their …
Really, really hard times we are living in. A political situation that is beyond politics. It\’s….about morals. About humanity. There is so much anger and aggression and conflict. It\’s getting deadly now-literally. A worldwide pandemic that has brought the planet to its knees. The few things we are beginning to know less than a year …
I laid on the table today, face down, while he worked out my fascia (which he called \”all twisted up\”–oh, is THAT why my back hurts??). It was just us in his office. He had to let his administrative person go, because the business is suffering in COVID-19. He took my temperature himself when I …
I have sticky notes all over my journal, with ideas for posts. I have posts half-written in Word. I have so much I want to say. But I am just SO TIRED. SO triggered.So Empath-drained (yes, I just made that up)and my trauma brain is working overtime. with back up. I don\’t know if \”trauma …
A global pandemic is a trauma, on every level. Collective. Family. Community. Nation. Individual. It’s an unprecedented event, in our lifetime. And you may be having unprecedented feelings, moods, reactions, even physical sensations. You may feel:*anxious*depressed*agitated*listeless*unmotivated*vigilant*tired*achy*unable to sleep*irritable*guilty if you feel okay*scared if you feel okay These are all normal, for the current very ABNORMAL …
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