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Update: I decided to go with the first gym I visited, because every time I step in there I feel welcomed. I took my first Muay Thai class last night -- which is a very technical style of kickboxing -- and I learned more in that 90 minutes than I had in the six months I spent at the other gym...

@Mit -- despite the cold, that sounds beautiful and peaceful and invigorating. Had my first Muay Thai (as opposed to kickboxing) class last night, and instead of the expected 45-50 minutes, the class was a full 90 minutes long. On the plus side, I got through it, a new group of people, a new...

Time to Shine by Saliva Nessum Dorma Reflecting Light by Sam Phillips And especially: In My Mind by Amanda Palmer

Not at all, @SheilaKathy ! I think you showed great courage, and I love hearing stories like this! Your story didn't derail the thread but enhanced it. Thank you so much for sharing this. It definitely gives us the opportunity to start a discussion that is long overdue for some.

Thanks, @scout86 !

No, actually, simply learning BJJ. It's grounding, and builds confidence and self esteem. In addtion to the camaraderie and you learn trust and how to be present in the moment, and it's actually very zen -- it's a physical chess match. I think it'll be as good as yoga for me. The problem is...

@EveHarrington, it's a time and place thing for me. BJJ is basically going to recreate what I went through so I'm trying to be very upfront about it.

@Chimera, and @DreamLover, you just made my day. Thank you. So many people helped me through my past struggles (and to continue the transparency, my current struggles) that I just want to help. If I can be a decent example, or at least champion the cause and start the dialogue, then I'll do...

It''s amazing sometimes how important the little things are. It's as simple as someone saying "it's okay, we got your back, you are safe." Sometimes that's all it takes. I am SO VERY HAPPY you found a new PT! The best of luck in your rehab!

Thank you so much! I still feel a bit weak in the knees, and am fighting feeling guilty and like I did something wrong -- my friends are diligently busy reminding me that it was just a misunderstanding and nobody did anything wrong. Based on the response from the other gyms, though, I think...

Bit of a long post, my apologies, but I'm trying to be fair as possible. As many of you know, I've been trying to work with my MMA gym (where I started taking kickboxing classes to get over social anxiety with great success) to take BJJ lessons. My therapist is STOKED that I'm trying, and she...

Welcome to the forum!

Kickboxing all four times last week! Had to skip the Monday class this week due to work, but am on my way in about 30 minutes to get the intense exercise I require!

Love it!

@Cashew, needless to say, I'm looking for a new job... :rolleyes:

:sleep::) drive to work :eek::grumpy::banghead::banghead::banghead: hypocrisy of boss (gave lecture on leadership to our young staff, then chased the women in the office around with a cockroach, leaving me to settle nerves and dispose of the bug and deliver a lecture to the boss)...

Congrats, that's fantastic! To echo Ellabella, that's not just surviving, that's living it up! Well done, you!

I am sickened by the entire thing -- everything from the backlash to the father's statement to the obvious lack of remorse. It's not like it was a bad decision like getting a tattoo while drunk -- it was a violent, horrible crime. I do have to say how proud I am of the victim reading her...

There are too many, but here are several I use all the time: "It's the simple things in life we treasure" -- from Galaxy Quest, where the rock monster is beamed on board and beating up the enemy "Hey d***heads!" -- the magnificent Madeline Kahn from Mixed Nuts Any and all Monty Python, which if...

Our Director of HR actually recommended the FMLA process for me -- FMLA doesn't just cover leave. I don't need the leave, I need other accommodations (we switched from offices to a fully open office and I am most definitely not adapting well). It's a personal choice, of course, as a course to...

I'm in the process of getting FMLA paperwork drawn up -- have you considered that? I have what I call a 3 year cycle -- I seem to do well for 2 years and then start to fall apart in the third. I'm trying to prevent that now, and am working with HR and my recovery team to get through it this time.

Walking is bilateral stimulation, of course, and there's nothing like a walk in the woods to put you in nature. My GSMD and I hiked the portion of the Appalachian Trail that was in Virginia, and it was a brilliant fantastic week. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, except she's 10 now and way too...

My new T's office waiting room is so old and so dated that I really WISH they'd redecorate. I look at the cloth couches and the sagging cushions and am almost afraid to sit in them for fear of picking up something -- fungal, MRSA, contact dermatitis from the dust... I end up standing for...

Irony: setting up EMDR, I had trouble setting a "safe place" and in the end, it was kickboxing -- as a friend pointed out, my safe place is fighting, because I've been fighting my entire life.

@Chimera Oh owie owie owie! *wincing*