July 27, 2009 at 5:01 pm · Filed under Mental Health, Neat stuff, healing and tagged: healing, Psychology
I read a great quote from Paul at MindParts about therapy from Sigmund Freud.
“The aim of psychoanalysis is to relieve people of their neurotic unhappiness so that they can be normally unhappy.”
July 27, 2009 at 12:18 am · Filed under My Stories, Personal Musings, Understanding DID, healing and tagged: alters, DID, dissociative identity disorder, healing, integration, multiplicity, Personal Musings, recovery
My writing has become sporadic. My LIFE is more chaotic. But for (ultimately) a good reason – I’ve gotten a job.
So why do I feel more unstable than ever?
This post does have a point – a snapshot of growth through the hardest external challenges my husband and I have ever faced.
<Yeah yeah, more of that “what doesn’t kill you” crap.>
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May 16, 2009 at 11:51 pm · Filed under Coping strategies, My Stories, healing and tagged: coping mechanisms, Good Karma, Psychology
Hello All,
Thank you all for your public and private expressions of support for my trip last week. It’s (terminally) difficult for me to reach out for help, but you overwhelmed me with support – yo Cami wow Emily, you are real and people care for you.
Really. (jaw drop)
I went through a really tough time preparing, and have reflected on the outcome to learn. And you know what? **Nods** It worked. I did it! **Smile**
In this post, I want to thank you all. And I also want to talk about the trip, what happened, what surprises worked, and some takeaways for me and perhaps for you on challenging situations.
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