Herbie, I'm new to doing any kind of mental exercise, whether it be called mindfulness, meditation, relaxation.... I'm probably mixing...
Thanks for the info, njoy. Another interesting concept for processing the past.
My youth was entirely out of control. Moved out of the house when I was 18, before finishing high school. It made me an "adult" to do so. I was...
What a pleasant surprise to see today is a day "off" from journaling and processing and digging and reliving. I'm sitting outside with the dogs...
Walt, you spoke so clearly to me with your initial post. The quote, "We have to erase the child we were" is interesting. I've always thought in...
Solange, I'm glad you offloaded here. I find it so helpful to see how others struggle - with situations far more grave than my own. That's not...
:confused: As soon as I "relax" one part of me, another part of me tightens up. I don't even know if I'd recognize true relaxation - I'm never...
"When you first start confronting your buried emotions, you may find that you become anxious. That was the first thing I noticed on about Day-3 of...
Uhhhhhh. Okay. How do you separate "real" from TMS pain? I see a PT I greatly respect - she's a yoga teacher who sees our bodies as one...
My ultra-cool neurosurgeon - top of his game, only the best staff, son of the founder of the practice - said the most upsetting thing to me of...
Seth, I hope you're still around, monitoring your responses. I'm on Day 4 - and that child you described? I have one just like him. I spent my...
I.... think I'm doing the multi-day online "workbook" of reading and journaling. Is that the SEP? I must admit, it's easy to lose my way in the...
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