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I agree entirely. Having someone else around constantly can be a real drag on your grieving. You shouldn't have to think whether your sister is OK. I think @Albatross has a good suggestion about a grief group, maybe not so much for you, but for your sister. That would at least get her out of...

Anybody mention a puzzle with a couple (pieces missing)?? or just the single missing piece of a puzzle? Face clipped by scissors (mutilation, cutting) How 'bout a very blue face with mouth and nose taped shut (suffocation, smothering) Hands stretching a heart from opposite directions (rival...

Ah! @Anarchy gets a bold A+ :rolleyes: How 'bout a face with hand over one eye (blindside)

Do we have a raised fist for defiance?

Probly get me banned...but...(quote from my novel) "...cowgirls go wild on a horse-like Trigger."

a left brain designed like a Rubick's cube; right brain spilling flowers

Glowering theatrical mask mask (acting out) Half snarling, half laughing, black and white face (Borderline)

Crying heart with a spilling milk pitcher (pointless regret)

tiptoeing heart between broken eggshells; a wilted heart hung from a "mine field" sign; crushed heart under a boot heel; trembling heart on a tight-rope; (all for domination)

A red heart, in the claws of a black heart (more entrapment)

Melting barbell. (fatigue, or lack of strength) Both male and female symbols, griinning with fangs. (obvious reasons)

Telescope, appearing through a hedge. (stalking)

A beartrap and chain, baited with a heart. (entrapment)

dial of a compass, with a question mark for a needle. (for aimlessness, or where to from here)

a gorilla, bending the bars apart, for the same thing

If you haven't been thinking under stress while writing what you have, you've had me fooled. I think you are exceptionally able to think under pressure. Might be healthy for you to take a break from the heavy business today if you can. Yesterday took a toll on your energies.

Don't know about finance in Canada, but you might be able to refinance your home at a lower rate. Just a guess. I did that in one emergency and it bought me precious time. I'm so sad and angry that this has happened to you on top of everything else. No doubt you desperately need rest. Take...

I encountered this many years ago. Even had one tell me that if I didn't "come to Jesus" I was going to die that night. I reported him as dangerous, and may have outlived him by now. I think outrage might have saved me that time. @Medic72, I hope you're at home right now, and have shelved or...

Keep deep breathing, ma'am. Slow down if you can. Maybe take a Teddy bear in the car on the way to and from the bank, but try to hold on. And please give us updates if you can. We're all thinking about you, and will be here.

@Medic72, Ms Spock is right that you are certainly qualified to call the crisis line. There is the advantage there of immediate response, apart from anyone around you at the time. Though we at the forum are deeply concerned on your behalf, and seemingly watching for your posts around the...

God, we all know that one. Sounds as if you nailed it again. It is great that your sister knew what to do. Keep those Teddy bears handy. They love you too. I'd suggest you pace yourself on taking care of business, and consider crying a vital part of decompressing. Just agreeing with what...

@DaisySH, I hear your exhaustion and confusion. But you have made the right move (away) and are adjusting to the change. It gets better. I'm sorry you feel such hopelessness, yet ride it out, and you should see the "other side" of the desert.:hug:

And this is the kind of healthy thinking that many of us still need to develop. Maybe especially we with PTSD need to consider this train of thought while asking another main question: "WHY ME???" Regardless of known traumas and all their contexts, sometimes things happen to some people and...

No! At least I hope that you are not blaming yourself, or that you ever will. You didn't do this. Period. Something I have thought about many times is that we all grow up hearing stories From fairy tales we're taught morals and happy-ever-afters. Books, TV, films and songs have endings and...

@Medic72, @Nam, and @Junebug, Please forgive my last departure into my own history. It had nothing to do with the thread, except to say that I don't have to imagine what Medic said. I am surviving it. I thoroughly agree that Medic's treasured memories of before are precious, and are part of her.