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Today is one of those days I don't think I am going to make it. I tinker constantly on something too dark to mention. I am sick, alone, and facing demons that are bigger than me in all ways.

It is odd and perhaps seems absurd in this context, but I have always thought myself strong, tough, a fighter. Perhaps I was wrong, or perhaps society is wrong slinging the bullsh*t about shear will and the power of choice. I likely will never know, but if by some small chance they are wrong, I wish I could impact someone, somewhere. Maybe make one person question the judgement and assumptions so harshly place upon the misunderstood.

Will is so powerful in the circumstance for which nothing is greater. Perhaps this is the real significance in will and choice. Of course many have face so much, more than anything I have seen spotlighted in the perpetual abyss. But they are them and me myself. I apologize and seek restitution for short comings existence is too brief to overcome. I am truly sorry.

In solitude, the noise I make as my tree hits the ground, is silence. Ironic that silence now surrounds me as the background noise fades to a memory.

May I pacify my soul equally to the disease that sweeps auditory significance under the rug. Or at the very least, may I not ripple the smooth water my friends and enemies sail.
 
@pamcoco ...your words get under my skin...

Is society right in saying that we are strong and that our willpower can conquer it all? the answer is neither yes or no, I guess...the answer is probably 'it depends on who, when, why, how".

I was educating myself to the psycho-neurology of trauma yesterday...our brains are physically geared so that we have no control over them and the abyss in which they lead us at times. So, no, we have no control. It is not about 'get over it'. No point adding insult to injury in this way.

When we re in a good place, then yes, we have willpower and we are strong. But once we are in the dark, that willpower is not accessible to us, at the very time we need it. And that is quite simply the way the bits in our brain work.

Hang in there today. For what is worth, I am holding a light in the direction of the way out for you...
 
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