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Cold. We cannot run the clothes washer and the space heater at the same time and I have to get some laundry done.

I feel neutral. Interim-ish.

Can you go for a bike ride or a run? Running used to calm me down, it's rhythmic and meditative. Or how about some stretching/yoga?

Nothing! It's been a very mellow day.

Like so many others I learned to cry silently so as to not make the abuse worse when it was happening, or I just shut it off entirely. The first few weeks of therapy with the very first therapist I had I just sat there and cried. It came pouring out and I couldn't stop. Poor therapist! She just...

Not exactly a nickname but I still hate hearing my first and middle names said together because that is what my parents called me when I was in "trouble" which meant I was going to get hit soon.

Today I am thankful for the funky little 1970s wall heater in the bathroom. It's just below the hand towel so it acts as a towel heater and the hand towel is always dry and warm. It's a small thing but it feels like luxury in chilly weather.

Tired, tired, tired but happily looking forward to driving around and looking at neighborhood decorations tonight.

When someone falls off the GTS with a loud yelp about twenty feet away from you and you start so violently that nearly lose your grip on the bicep curl machine. (She was okay.)

I think you can let go and move on without forgiving abusers. My view is that they will have to answer to God and that's enough for me.

I know exactly how you feel. I'm not exactly sure why but this seems to be particularly true for people sexually abused as children. @sun seeker - I just added that book to my wish list, thanks for posting that. I'd never heard of it. Urgent care is for when you have something that isn't...

I usually end up taking a pill when things are that bad, either Benadryl or Tylenol PM.

As awful as that day was when we were trying to move stuff into a storage unit, the truck we rented had a peculiar turn signal ping. It sounded like the old "Pong" video game. When I was finally able to relax we had a good laugh about that.

I carry earplugs with me everywhere. Obviously that's not conducive to having a conversation with your friends but it can give you some peace. Laundromats seem to be the worst place for me.

Do you wake up to an alarm clock? If you wake up to a beeping or ringing alarm you might try a sunrise clock, which wakes you by slowly brightening the room over a half hour, simulating a sunrise. You set it at your eye level and it triggers a natural awakening cycle which is a completely...

Frustrated and exhausted.

Last night I dreamed I was the manager of a haunted house (the pretend kind) for Halloween... then the pretend stuff started becoming real. :confused:

Twinkle

Sunny. Same. Boring. At least it'll stay around 60.

I feel amused for no particular reason.

Reserved a truck to take some of this stuff to our newly-rented storage unit, mañana. Concrete plans always make me feel a little better.

Heal

I like watching those "real life heroes" videos on YouTube. Sometimes the situations can be a little stressful but I like seeing evidence that there are good, caring people in the world.

The rain has moved on but there's a prediction of fog for tonight. FOG! I hope they aren't teasing us. FOG!!! :woot:

You're sitting for hours in a quiet room when a bag suddenly falls over and you jump three feet into the air and burst into tears.