Cherry picking of the divine word.
Beats me, too.
It's all conditioning in the end, I guess. Only now some churches are "progressive", and so people indoctrinated by their teachings will believe them as so.
It's not like all religious persons have read all of their holy book(s) anyway, to know...
👋 Hi SRG.
Getting through, here.
Your classes sound like they will be very informative and interesting. I hope they will go well, I am sure they will.
I've been having a lot of nightmares too, nothing really new there. We're going to work through them in T. Hopefully something shifts.
Hope...
Oh b, my heart and thoughts go out to you. This all sounds so much to deal with. Crossing my fingers tomorrow goes as well as it can, and you get the care you need from good doctors.
That sounds really rough, I'm sorry @Gatsu .
Do you happen to be working with a therapist? Reprocessing that event could help a lot, as it sounds like your intrusions are very vivid. A lot of us here are seeing therapists who use EMDR for that purpose.
Sleep is a big one, it's so fundamental...
I'm so sorry you've been so unwell, b. It really does sound rough.
You were such a big support for me during my time in hospital following surgery, I've always remembered that.
Sending you lots of support and strength back from across the ditch.
I really do hope you make a swift and full...
Does your therapist know this?
If not, I would suggest letting him know. Same with your medical team. If you can't say it out loud, write it down and show them. I've done that before, it can help when verbalising the issue is too difficult.
I have a history of ED, too.
It's great you can see...
Hey @barefoot , are you considering TV shows too?
If so, The Backyardigans are nice. Animated animal characters with big imaginations who go on adventures together.
They aren't on Netflix (at least, not in my country), but they have an official YouTube channel that has a lot of ~24 min episodes...
I was raised without any religious doctrine or conditioning, and to date any ideologies I have been exposed to simply haven't convinced me.
I guess in that sense I was raised to check "none", but equally there was never a requirement to not believe in any gods, just the encouragement to think...
That's incredible, @DharmaGirl , I'm thrilled your fusion has healed well and your pain has reduced.
It makes such a difference, doesn't it? I only really noticed how much pain I had been in all those years, when it was no longer there.
Good on both of us, indeed. 🤗🤗
I see I haven't updated here in a while...
Unfortunately due to covid related issues, I wasn't able to complete the half marathon.
I did manage to run 15 km in the preparation I did do, which I'm pretty damn pleased with.
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In other news, today marks exactly three years since I became...
Thank you all for taking the time to respond, it's been very helpful to read through your ideas and advice.
I'd been meaning to write specific responses to each post, but I'm having one of those weeks where I started the post and then it just sat in drafts.
I'll get there, but just wanted to...
Hugs, @Lionheart . And a little bellbird sitting on your shoulder and tweeting in your ear to distract you from the fibro.
I hope you feel better soon.
As the title states, I'm becoming afraid of the dark. Or perhaps rather, I'm already there.
This is a new thing, more recent than PTSD. In fact in the beginning, I used to go for spontaneous walks at night as a coping mechanism. At some point, I would feel the occasional twinge of fear on my...
I picture an eternal limbo party and conclude that, as someone with a lower back fusion, maybe this is actually what hell looks like.
Only if reading or writing about it is detrimental (for you).
I think it's absolutely right to be disturbed by such suggestions (well, often more blatant than...
Yeah, I feel you on this.
It's utterly bizarre, but also I really really feel for all the people who've been brainwashed to the point where this semantic mishap will have a major impact on their lives.
It seems the church found a loophole though:
Not entirely sure what not walking away...
Spirituality is such a woo word, that can be interpreted many different ways.
Do they define what they mean by spirituality?
Some may define it as a connection to god (that is the universal champion of hide and seek ;)), others as a connection to the universe (well, science says my atoms came...
Ah! My mistake, I missed that part.
I will keep my fingers crossed the bill gets buried then. Blows my mind what it would protect, and the legal power it would provide groups to discriminate against others.
You know that really annoying feeling when bird poop gets on your bed sheets that were hanging on the outside line?
Now imagine those bed sheets are actually already on your bed, and the bird is actually your coworker, and now you know what mine did today. 🙃
Me three.
When my nausea is really bad, I take one and curl up into a ball until it subsides enough to be able to sit up / walk / consider food.
Here (NZ) it is available on subsidised prescription. I realise it might not be as accessible in other countries, though.
Typically, my nausea is...