[2018] this year he spends his birthday in prison
how curiously he might celebrate
[1984] given raping me was a birthday gift to himself so long ago
and then on my birthday
[2009] steps away from 18 years to life for hurting another child
he jokes with laughing officers
shackled
[2018]...
I made it. Yay! Because my four-year-old was under the weather, I got to hold her for an hour while she slept before the appointment. Score one for coregulation!
They don't seem to use/share digital medical history where I live. When I took the kids in for a new doc recently, we had to go through their medical history 3 times! First in writing, then with the physician's assistant, then with the doctor. Don't want to do that today. I'm definitely...
I hoped I could make it through this day cool as a breeze. I've got 5 hours now until I go in to see a new health-care provider to establish care (and discuss my medical/mental health history) and filling out the paperwork has triggered a pretty decent hyper-adrenalized waterfall. And I can't...
It has been years since I've posted much through this forum. I've been getting so much better than the worst times, but here I am again in the spiraling cycle of life. I've probably written virtually this same post before, but today, I'm just going to write it again. The contact/support I've...
I've recently had a return of nightmares. It's been 6 years since the beginning of my most-recent troubles with PTSD from multiple ongoing traumas. One bad dream a night and insomnia for a few hours most early mornings feels like PTSD-lite to me, compared with 6-10 sweat drenching real-seeming...
28 years ago I was abducted at the age of 13 by an acquaintance, held naked in his basement room for 24 hours, about 18 of them handcuffed to a bed, and repeatedly sexually assaulted. Because of various insidious psychological controls he employed, I never told anyone at the time and have only...
I'm giving a heads-up that I am going to stop receiving notifications about this thread. Over time since this thread began, I've decided that I'll not be utilizing The Work as developed by Byron Katie as a strategy for managing "negative thoughts" that are part of my PTSD symptoms. If I begin...
Totally agree there :D
I appreciate you taking the time to consider what it might be behind Byron Katie and/or as the process is presented through The Work that is related to my discomfort and unease. In my original panic as I started reading some of the adverse reports online I uncovered a...
Oh- so that's what it means when the avatar says "Banned!" I thought it was just some users being ironic, because the content remains. Thanks for checking in Nicolette.
I like the terms "rest and digest" and "feed and breed." I hadn't heard those before. I think your understanding has a lot more depth than I've come across from other people who use The Work (I'm keeping this conversation limited to that style of self-inquiry for clarity- based on the topic)...
I know well the experience of getting freaked out after reading the personal experiences of others in online forums, and I'm definitely a reader too when it comes to evaluating medical and mental health treatments. Might I recommend that you search google books or scholar for EMDR topics and/or...
Valentino,
Thank you so much for sharing your review. It's a relief to hear from someone on the forum about this technique with such a considerate perspective.
I'm wondering what you think of the "all-inclusive" claims that Byron Katie makes about this method such as,
"The Work of Byron...
The corporate side of Byron Katie is not what one would imagine based on the meditative practice she teaches. I've never attended a Byron Katie seminar, but I've read in numerous places that attendees sign a non-disclosure agreement. That would explain why traces of discontent from anything...
I'm aware that I'm susceptible to confirmation bias as my concerns about the potential danger of applying The Work as self-help for PTSD have grown. However, this is a support forum with at one time a vast thread about people's negative experiences with EMDR, so I know we are not limited to...
Interestingly, a member of myCombatPTSD talked about using The Work over the summer for help with anger management and seemed satisfied with the results [I tried to put the link, but I keep getting a Spam warning.]
I think The Work can have appropriate applications and adaptations. I...
From my brief reading of The Power of Now, and various readings and interviews regarding Byron Katie, it is my understanding that both Katie and Tolle experienced their transformations after being no longer able to tolerate their self-suffering caused by their own actions. For both it is very...
I'm on an extended break right now, in part due to logistic reasons, but also due to a bit of treatment fatigue and a desire to see where I'm really at in my recovery. I've taken short breaks before and kept track of the reactions that I was using EMDR to treat in order to collect information...
Your post has been intriguing, but I cannot say that it has clarified much for me beyond the concept that embracing non-duality has helped you live life with less experience of suffering- or perhaps more awareness that you are not alone.
For me, the bolded in your quoted text above distills...
I just went to court 100 miles away with a 9 month old on my back and a two month old in my arms (via "telephonic appearance" what the prosecutor referred to as calling me on his cell phone and setting it on a desk next to a typewriter and about 1000 briefcases and chairs). The defendant plead...
Hey again Delta62. I didn't have my alert set up right, so I missed your message.
I absolutely have to eliminate caffeine/stimulants, especially in some forms like drip coffee or over-the-counter decongestants, in order to have a fighting chance with anxiety. At times it is hugely challenging...