What Are You Looking Forward To?

[Ronin]

I was just about to say @Anrish. One-armed, totally open, virtual hug. You'll make the move just fine, good luck with it. :tup:

 

[ms spock]

I am looking forward to doing this - resolve it in the end. I am a bit of a way off it yet. But not as far as I was.

When clients get that their emotional storms are messages from an inner child who is still pining for a healthy inner attachment figure, they gradually become more self-accepting and less ashamed of their flashbacks, their imperfections and their overall affective experience. They understand that the lion's share of the energy of their intense emotional reactions in the present are actually appropriate but delayed reactions to various themes of their childhood abuse and neglect. As they learn to effectively assign this emotional energy to those events and perpetrators, they metabolize and work through these feelings in a trauma-resolving way. This in turn leads to a reduction of the emotional energy that fuels their flashbacks, and flashbacks in turn, become less frequent, less intense and less enduring. Eventually flashbacks can even begin to automatically invoke a sense of self-protection as soon as the individual realizes she is triggered. Eventually this can even happen at the moment of triggering, as well as just before encountering known triggers.

http://www.pete-walker.com/flashbackManagement.htm

 

[Anrish]

@gizmo and @Cashew *gladly hugs back* Thank you so much...still crying in a dark corner of my mind - but it feels like you're sitting there with me. :cry:

 

[Ronin]

@Anrish, definitely sitting, if welcome. And oh, here's a small lamp; sounds like it might come handy, especially in dark places.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Anrish you are not alone in the dark, as I am sitting beside you in the dark hole of despair.

 

[Anrish]

@Cashew and @gizmo ...thank you sooo much. You're alway welcome to sit next to me. You don't know how much it means to me not to be left alone. And thank you for the lamp, it does a great job.

 

[Deleted member 6617]

Sitting in the sun and reading my book today. Pure pleasure!

 

[Nighthawk]

Looking forward to leaving the heat

 

[Ronin]

That stranger stealing my friends just going back to her lane. Seriously. This one is mine.

 

[Faolán]

Looking forward to seeing my new dog friend tomorrow and taking him for a walk in the park. The first thing I'm looking forward to in a long, long time.

 

[Britt.f7]

Going out on a boat next Sunday and possibly taking pictures.

 

[ms spock]

I am looking forward to finishing this essay.
I am looking forward to learning how to regulate my emotions more skillfully.
I am looking forward to seeing my sister.