Recent content by Rie

I love that image, of your inner child working with you. Brilliant! I found my inner child some years ago when I did some art therapy, but I forget to ask her perspective often enough. Thanks for the reminder.

novemberDark, post: 659448 You are so right! My husband's ptsd resurfaced with a vengeance, just before Christmas, after 14 relatively peaceful years. I struggled to keep going to work, and to "do" Christmas. Problems I'd been having at work became insignificant, and really, they were...

Hey SweetLullaby, many thanks for taking the time to send me those links! I've checked them both out, and I've just discovered the preview button at the bottom too, rather than trying to post and then edit if it doesn't come out right!

Sorry, my contribution was the bottom two lines which appear in italics too. I kept trying to edit it, but couldn't get rid of those italics. @Meadowsweet's post is in the little box.

Fascinating avatar. It's like your brain is imploding, but on the outside. I like your new avatar better though, - very hopeful and peaceful. The picture I chose for my avatar, of me paddle boarding on a lake near us, is a photo my husband took at dawn a couple of years back. I always find...

It's because he lived in Kenya from about age 5 to 14 when his Dad worked there, and he has always admired what Mandela has done, and how he turned his life around.

This is from Jake Bugg, a new singer from Nottingham - he's only 18 or 19, younger than my son, but what a songwriter! "I'm on my knees, turn off the darkness please" really speaks to me. "Storm Passes Away" by Jake Bugg As the clouds roll by I can see the sunshine Mmmhmmm 'Cause it's sad...

I'm trying to visualize this thing called PTSD that has suddenly reappeared in my home. I always knew my husband had PTSD, but we now know he managed to bury it very deep. For some reason, Nelson Mandela's death last December triggered it's reappearance. Right now I'm finding it helpful to...

You have all these mantras, phrases that you chant to yourself, so you don't go to pieces: Unconditional love for my sufferer Take care of myself One day at a time Baby steps Keep putting one foot in front of the other New normal... Hey, thanks to whoever started this chat line - I'm new to...