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YAY!!!!!! Thank you, Cherry Blossom :inlove: Happy to learn something new. :D

P.S. Just wondering how the rest of you got your pictures to come up in your post, instead of having to be clicked on? Did you use code or a weblink somehow? I was uploading something I had saved from my computer, is there a way to do that? Thanks :) Phoenix_Rising

Merry Christmas to all... Wherever you are, whatever you are going through, I hope you can find some joy in the holidays, even if it is only the small & simple things. Warm wishes & hugs to anyone who wants them :) Phoenix_Rising

I am going to add to my last post... I am totally EXHAUSTED physically. I cannot get up, and I have a ton of stuff to do to get ready for Christmas... All I want to do is go to bed. Please let me get it together to get up and do what I need to do... I am just sooooooo tired! Wish Santa...

It's funny you should say that LittleBear... He tells me that same thing all the time--that I am the most amazing and compassionate woman he has ever met. And that if I had not gone through all I have gone through that I would not be the person I am today, a person capable of dealing with the...

Thank you Eleanor, that really does make so much sense. I find that very helpful. It's true as you say, because in my "family of origin" I was taught I WAS responsible for others' feelings, and you cannot believe one without believing that others' emotions or behaviours cause yours--which is...

Really, really depressed about my relationship, and my future. Feel pressured and like I can't do anything that doesn't hurt someone else. Wishing that just for once, things could go at my own pace and not like I am trying to keep my head above water after a tsunami hits. It's Christmas eve...

I had therapy today. Not anything heavy as I am worn out from all Xmas prep. But we had been previously talking about my feelings of being responsible, and feeling like it is my fault I was abused. This week my partner came scarily close to killing himself, and I somehow managed to help him...

I have to say that reading people's posts above has made me grateful. People who say they do not have enough money for Christmas due to a surgery or medical bills. Being from Canada, we do not even think about that here. It is horrifying to hear that people actually have to PAY to get a surgery...

I am a single mom, too catjudo. My parents also always buy (and have in the past split the cost of larger or more expensive items) my daughter presents. I can provide her with what she wants too, always have. But they do as well. One year she desperately wanted a Wii, my parents bought it for...

I think maybe it's the lack of Christmas STRESS, LOL. After a week trekking around on the bus and in the mall and going from one side of the city to the other in search of the items on the "gift list", I am feeling absolutely dead tired and in horrible pain--so tired I can barely walk down the...

What have I bought for Christmas this year... LOL. :rolleyes: Mom & Dad - Blu ray player Mom - gifts: ereader, purse Mom stocking stuffers - 3 books, 2 magazines, bag of chips, box of Turtles (may be more I am not remembering right now) Dad - 3 books Daughter: Sims 3 Pets, Sims Fast Lane...

Today I am... exhausted and in pain from a week of Christmas shopping, including today. Stressed about the cost. But relieved that I am finally done. Kind of stressed about having to wrap it all in such a short period of time though. Just in spite of it all, so very glad it's done. I enjoy...

Maddog... I completely relate to everything you just said. I relate to what others have said about the repressed anger etc. too. It's just one of those things that right now is so what I am dealing with that it is too much to respond how I want to... I just don't have the ability or energy...

Purses, and scrapbooking... I make cards too, occasionally, but scrapbooking is my major obsession/addiction. I was helping my mom today making some cards and in the process used about 4 or 5 different types of adhesive... I told her believe it or not, there is an adhesive for practically...

I think it was just one of those "things that happen" miscommunications... I don't think you did anything wrong Little Bear :) I'm glad you came back, and hope you are doing better :inlove:

Today I am... Stressed about the exhausting days of Christmas shopping and wrapping ahead of me... Really worried about my partner, who is having a very difficult time and is very depressed and suicidal... Disappointed for my daughter, who will not be seeing her step-brother because the...

Jo May, lol, your post sure brings me back to the days... My daughter was TERRIFIED of falling into, or flushing the toilet. Took her years to get completely over it. I still remember--and will likely never forget--one incident when she was potty training. She pooped on the floor, and I had...

Not that anyone should ever have to "qualify" to be here, but each time I read your story, my heart breaks for you a little bit more. Sorry you DO "qualify", for PTSD or grief in the first place. As a parent I cannot even imagine the horror of what you described. It makes me ill, and...

CraftyCath... Totally understand the rush to finish off shopping... I have to (and have been, for the last 2 days) shop probably for the rest of the week, followed by wrapping... and I'm so tired and sore already... I just don't have the energy, like you, I haven't been able to do it because I...

Thank you all, so much, I will be re-reading these posts again when my brain can assimilate the information properly.... Christmas shopping has left me in a lot of pain and my cognitive functions are impaired. I appreciate the support more than I can say, it is so good to feel I am not...

JD... Unfortunately I cannot remember now but if I figure it out I will let you know. I came across someone one this site who had lost their child to seizures as well... It was an unrelated post, so if I remember or come across that person I will let you know. I believe they said that they...

For once, I went to see what my mother wanted... Just felt like I should because I usually avoid conversations with her. Well, once again, I remember why it is I do that. I started to tell her about the Christmas shopping I did... Not that I can confide in her at all, but you'd think that...

Rain... Thank you :) I also relate to the feeling of having to claw your way out of the house... I am struggling terribly these days with getting myself out of the house. Today I finally did it as I was not doing very well earlier (post-T fallout from yesterday) and finally I decided that...

Please, don't apologize, Alex. :( I have read a number of your previous posts and I know how articulate you are... I can't imagine how it must feel for you to struggle to read, write or speak fluently. You have nothing to be ashamed of! Not at all. Please keep posting however you can, there...