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Living in a time when I can live a life of over indulging in hazardous recreational activities and physical trauma and instead of living...

@scout86 i get the idea that it is posiible to think that you were aware at 5 like no 5 year old you see today is. thats one of my big...

The bastard (PTSD) isn't going to win. Not while I can get up, dust myself off and start climbing that hill again. Yeah, it tells me...

My spirit animal the elephant. Googling baby elephant videos can usually get me laughing, which can lead to me shedding at least the...

I’ll find my stubborn, and stubborn up…. But in the meantime? It’s been soooooo many years, of living on the edge, so any lil bump in...

recently had to get through a long period of frustration over a fairly large mistake that should have been fixed right away but instead...

if the holidays bring my family together its a good thing in my book. who cares if it is based on stories that have been told in limited...

Oh yeah, a cold parent that witholds affection can definitely send you out into the world with feelings that nothing good awaits you. On...

people ask me if i had a good thanksgiving and hear me say yes but look like they dont believe me when i describe what i did that day...

kids were here last sunday, with their in laws thanksgiving. It truly is a regular day for me, except I can't work, stores are closed...

it isnt what happens that matters, its what happens next that is usually the main event. They f*cked up and it hurt me. A mistake, okay...

walla walla sweet onions are on the shelves at our local bag your own grocery store. They are getting used for everything onion at our...

KFC. drive, retrieve, eat. even have leftovers. beat that?

i try to remember the physical pain of being overwhelmed by anger and grief and dealing with a brain that had learned that pain brought...

a good go to for me is Modern Family. Beware, nothing is off limits and just about every known stereo type or weakness or racial...

Welcome, there are a lot of us with similar stories, and we are all here because of similar effects on our lives. Yes, there are living...

same thing I did to get through it and every other thing I had to get through: 1) job in front of me 2) tool in my hand (including a PC...

thats the way that the world goes round, John Prine. its a half an inch of water and you think your gonna drown

had to look that word up, aufklarung, yeah, our church and state division lines are pretty vague and un enlightened here. my town has...

totally get that. I spent the majority if my life hoping that i would somehow bring the love of my father to be a reality, but after it...

People tell you that self care is necessary, take care of yourself too.............. Well, I didn't Quit my job because of all of those...

yeah, I get that. You too have found some humor in a totally foreign to normal situation. I hear people that lose a child say "we aren't...

good advice. Hard to do.

i went in, i came back. not for everyone, but it sure works for some people and it would be a shame to pass up something that would have...

Thanks for responding (to everyone!). Yes, very simple things can trigger pain for me. Oh, glad to hear! I was dx with epilepsy years...

@Weemie gabapentin is on my no-fly list. You can get off and speaking as one who has, I suggest you tell your friend to do some...

learned “ dig a pony” today. John Lennon is on my A list. Cool when decades old recordings offer up new material if you just take some...

genetic aspect anxiety? yes. My father called me a belly-acher, accused me of seeking sympathy, told me to "be a man" when I was...

how amazing that this thread popped up today. been thinking about the dynamics of T relationships lately. Wondering if the guy I fired...

I think of it like it is weather. No one can do a thing about it (for the sake of this idea, forget that abuse was an act by another...

kidney stones pass

yep. Sorry for the long wait for that response, but yep.

the worst person I ever met just died. I hadn't even heard her voice on the phone in almost ten years, so it affects me little if at...