Greetings and salutations! Something a little less heavy as a subject matter, and a bit more buoyant! Yes, pun intended. I love the water, and I love to swim. Some of my fondest memories concern the water. When I was very, very small, I can remember my dad taking us to the local pool (which... Continue Reading →
It’s Over. AGAIN.
Greetings and salutations!! I'm such a hot mess of contradictions today and was the same yesterday. Emotions and feelings all running rampant, and logic and passion trying to keep everything in check. UGH. It's exhausting UGH. That's how I feel, and I'm sticking with it. So, if you've read through my blog, you will be... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Couch: Part 6- Unwelcome insights
Greetings and salutations. Another difficult session, but with more insights that I'm going to have to take in order to get better. So, we talked about the angry letter that I wrote, and my disconnect between the tone and how I felt about SK, and why I was having difficulty seeing it! My therapist asked... Continue Reading →
Tales From The Couch: Part 5
Greetings and salutations. This was a contentious session. Normally I pretty much agree with my therapist and follow her suggestions because they reveal something that I haven't seen in my life or circumstances, but can see it when it's pointed out to me. The reason why this session was contentious was because she pointed out... Continue Reading →
Forgiveness and Second Guessing
Greetings and salutations. Hey, hope y'all had a happy Easter. Anyway, on to the meat of the post. As most of you know, I've had a rough go with an interpersonal/friendship/relationship crisis which has lead me to cut off contact for almost two months now while I figure out my feelings, and how to deal... Continue Reading →
Special K
Greetings and salutations! It's been a while. Very busy week, very craptastic week, if I'm being honest, so here's hoping that this short week coming up is going to be a blessing. Yay for Good Friday, in both the secular and religious spheres of thought. Anyway, on to the meat of the post. Special K.... Continue Reading →
Dismiss What Offends Your Own Soul.
Greetings and salutations!!! Full head of steam tonight! I think one of the things that I'm learning is to reframe my relationships between friends, romantic partners and colleagues at work. I have to set appropriate boundaries so that things go well. Walt Whitman, who's one of my favourite poets, had this to say about living... Continue Reading →
Tales From The Couch: Part 3
Hey y'all. Emotionally tired today, and physically too. I wouldn't say it was a rough session, but it was a challenging one where I had to admit some hard truths to myself and accept them about others. So, first lesson. Sometimes people don't get closure. It's nice to have, but there's no guarantee that it'll... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Couch: Part 2
Greetings and salutations! I had another good session today. It's amazing how a different perspective can provide so much clarity and insight into what's going wrong and what's going right. I post these so that what I learn is fresh in my mind and I can refer back to them. So with that being the... Continue Reading →
To Be Or Not To Be…*trauma warning: suicide*
To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,No more; and by a sleep to say we endThe heart-ache and the thousand natural shocksThat flesh is... Continue Reading →