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i might be as close to forgiving my parents as i get when i can truly say i feel sorry for them. We all suffered because they fell into...

weak and incompetent. why are you the only one that feels this way after near misses in traffic? why are you the only one that gets so...

That’s not spanking, the same way that locking a kid in a basement/closet/trunk without food/water/warmth/light is not time out, and...

Appropriate has left this building. stupid is in place now. Still here? Myst be stupid. f*ck!

dont say “i was going to do that” when i am doing it fir you! When? when it needed to be done so long that i coukdnt stand it anymore...

celebrating breaking free of my chocolate and marshmallow and peanuts addiction. Its been a rocky road

circumstances are everything. the beatings were rough but you can get to a point where the pain is just a distraction on the way to...

so early, by 45th parallel standards. We are seeing maybe a half of our summertime roster of finch varieties, and the winter over doves...

try to remember the last time you experienced joy and rebuild it. Easier to say than to do. I am also swallowing anger all day and all...

still coming off of a n adrenaline spike, fear and anger return at tegular intervals as the thoughts come around again and sgain, i...

So we were sitting in one of the town squares - about 50 people there just hanging out with their kids and what not. Suddenly someone...

not attributed and likely better stated by another source, but: if you have 99 problems and then add hunger, you quickly have only one...

wood stove heat. it just soaks into your bones nicely on a cold night. favorite wood, for burning or otherwise?

15 phases of Benzo recovery David Powers

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overcome by despair

I drive through a lot of locations where traumatic events happened, it has been a long time since i was aware i was in that place every...

First of all, as has already been pointed out, I specifically asked for this not to be about politcs. Next, if you want to have a...

you are correct, my views were on full display and the reason and method i laid out the argument as i did weighed heavier than my...

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@anthony PTSD in the current political climate…….oh crap, what is my brain trying to warn me about? PTSD is our flight/fight reflex...

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Thanks, I just purchased it from Mr Bezos.

The book I referenced to earlier is titled: Rejected Shamed And Blamed by Rebecca Mandeville. Sorry, dont know how to put the italics...

Your story really resonates. The metaphor about earning a degree in meteorology but still getting wet in the rain is painfully accurate...

love it. Paretto’s instinct for combinations. I am definitely on this side of his binary divide, this plus this played on that, gidee up!

add the ill affects of being the lone dissenter from a cult religion and you have the ingredients for a really awful soup that lasts...

My sobriety

am the end result of my parents attempt at brainwashing me into their religion and the traumas that I experienced because I fled from...

I am immersed in a sea of pro current leadership co workers, we are for the most part blue collar hourly guys so yeah, it follows i...

This one keeps coming back around these days: From plants to presidents and all things in between, if we allow unwanted behavior we...

clean on all fronts. Clarity can be a mother. But it definitely beats the alternative, cant work out the problems you have lost sight of...

i was given a drug that all but eliminated the worste of the symptoms, let me sleep and even feel joy most days, then told to use it...

love them all but big dogs have an energy conservation thing going that makes me want to hang out with them, and them with me, cool old...

coffee in the morning favorite car that was a current model when you got your drivers license?

That one hit dang relatable

when seeing ghosts sounds better than seeing corpses and gruesome injuries. When sleeping is something that happens only after a lot of...

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anxiety is maybe my biggest symptom and the hardest to shake. Nightmares are often no more than the waking with a high level of anxiety...

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put me down as a strong proponent of running the stock set up whenever possible. A clear view of the battle at hand is superior to...

i worry about the fragility of our society and the ongoing overseas conflicts. I worry that the world needs leaders that are capable of...

There are so many gaps in my memory I can’t say for sure but I do not think I was ever hugged as a child.The first hugs I can remember...

today, with sworn reporters and child services, the chances of being passed over and left in my hell would be much less. In 1972-1976 i...

i finally gave up on waiting for a road rager that caused damage to my truck to do the right thing and avoid using his insurance to pay...

for f*cks sake. rioters are rioters and hostages are hostages. black is not white and birds are not lug nuts. if the only people you...

i find myself hoping for a situation that would justify a release of anger energy. At some point along my path i think i started...

dry wood and a warm fire. cold and clear here but we are good to go, feet up with warm toes

totally get it. some describe inner anger levels as a cup, near spill over and precariously balanced. Mine is more like a balloon...