How do I even start to do that ? As I said I thought I had good self esteem. I have everything that I could ever have wished to have at my time in life....I feel that I have been a success in many, many ways. Only that now my relationship with W is trashed.
Thanks. I hope so to. W and I are now in counselling and hopefully looking forward again. You can read more about my situation in the Trauma Diaries, Mental Imagery....you shoud try it...it was spot on for me.
Yes, I think that you are spot on Anthony. I went to see counsellor today and she said that a lot of my problems stem from having a very poor self esteem, and I thought that I had very high self esteem. I always present well, have great kids, a lovely house, a good job...I have achieved lots n...
I am a HUGE believer in the power of pets. As a child, when my mother would put me through hell I had a burmese cat who would always, no matter what, jump onto my bed at night and snuggle down into the covers with me. His purr was the most soothing sound in the world. I would tell him my...
The kitten is cute and adorable with intelligent eyes. When I look into it's eyes I know that the two of us are soul mates and that we can commuicate non verbally and that this kitten was meant to go on my journey with me. I pick it up and it snuggles into me, purring, as I continue on twoards...
This is so wierd. It is a little kitten. A little greay kitten like the one we lost in 2005 (which I think triggered W's really bad depression and withdrawal the first time).....but we had that cat for 13 years, he was the same age as our eldest daughter. He was mauled by 3 dogs next door and...
Ubu, God bless you there is a place in whatever heaven you believe in for you and for Vcc and for all the sorry ass rest of us just trying to make it through this life and all the shi* it throws at us.......
BIG HUGS & KISSES to you both.
I know what it is. That in 2005 after at least a year of living (existing in despair) with a husand who had changed from a fun loving, happy, loving man into a totally withdrawn, angry, cruel man. I made the step, moved out and started a life by myself. I was very strong and happy. My husband...
He was away all last week, which gave me time to think about things..about us..about what has gone on over the last 3 years and since Xmas in particular. Plus I went to the counsellor on Wed. I rang him on Thurs night and told him that I was not going to live by The Rules anymore and I was not...
OK, it's a rock. An uneven kind of rock in like a triangle shape. It is about 6 foot higher, maybe taller and about 6 foot wide. It is grey and has smooth edges. It sits on a patch of grass on the desert, highway. I can easily step around it though and walk on to the picket fence.
Hi Anthony. I think you're spot on with the concrete walls meaning that I keep true feelings inside. When I go through a trauma, at first I am totally shattered. This last time I ended up in hospital with a suspected heart attack, which was just a panic attack, but I was so distraught that I...
When W went on meds finally the first time, we went away not long after for a few days to a place called Mission Beach, which is just a tropical paradise on the Great Barrier Reef coast. He was so calm and plesant and seemed happy and content, so satisfied with everything.
Hannah, your life is so much like mine. I too have decided to take back my life before it is too late. I am thinking ahead now to where and how I want to be in 10 years time, on my 50th birthday, and I look back to my 30th and so much has happened since then, it seems forever ago.......so if I...
Yeah, hearing you. I guess this is where W & I are heading if we just went on and on for years from now. But I have ever been angry or abusive...well I do get angry and I am assertive...just not abusive. I got enough exampes of that growing up with a bipolar mother. I was taught 'how not to...
Thanks Anthony. I'm zonked tonight so probably call it quits in a minute...just picked up eldest wonderful daughter from work....her first job (she's 15 1/2). I am able to check the forum at work through, so I'll have a squizz tomorrow. XX You do a great job with this.
VVCS Retreats in Townsville
I think Paul may be talkin about the PTSD retreats they do here in Townsville. They are live-in for a whole week with a group of ptsd sufferers and their families. They run them for single people too. They must do similar around Oz. I have only heard GOOD things...