Tonight, Art Garfunkel was a guest on a British talk programme. As part of the preparation for his visit, the programme staff recorded lots of people they met on city streets, asking them to sing... Click this link to watch a video dealing with fibromyalgia, ME, CFS, and similar illnesses: http://www.sleepydust.net/me-cfs-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-video.html
I recently seem to have lost a friend because the friend was unable to recognise and accept the circumstances of my current life challenges and difficulties. Whatever I said was picked apart, and I...our hearts to each other. Click this link to play video dealing with fibromyalgia, ME, and similar illnesses:
My budgie, Ollie, has a toy I gave him that he finds really exciting. It's a plastic box thing that hangs from a chain in his cage. At the top is a small mirror (Budgies are irresistibly drawn to mirrors...May it guide you and surround you, and flow outward from you like sound waves, like circular ripples in the stream of life. And, by the way, I LOVE YOU , too.
I am reminded again and again of how impossible it seems to people in the mainstream of life, that a normal, healthy person can have her entire inner and outer reality, functioning personality, and...about it instead of berating myself for not doing more, or hearing the voice of my abuser/accuser/critic in my head, making me feel like nothing I could do would be good enough or win approval.
Life has been very challenging and discouraging these last few months. First to report are the physical difficulties, I guess. I still struggle with the symptoms of fibromyalgia, which causes me a lot...Edge of Raisin , With Much Love to EVERYONE reading this and beyond. TOWARD THE ONE: the essence of ALL that is GOOD, TRUE, AND BEAUTIFUL!
18 February 2008 Dear Readers, The article that follows, "Victim or Survivor? A Deeper Look into the Question”, is in six parts. I have revised and considerably...and considering what I write. http://edgeofraisin.livejournal.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Victim or Survivor? A Deeper Look into the Question Part I How to Wound an Already...and psychotherapy organisations strongly discourage any kind of couple counselling if abusive behaviours are in evidence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VICTIM OR SURVIVOR? A Deeper Look into the Question PART II: When 'Counselling' Facilitates Abuse ...has been achieved. His influence has prevailed even in absentia, with the counsellor/therapist unwittingly acting as his surrogate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VICTIM OR SURVIVOR? A Deeper Look into the Question PART III Marital War or Terrorist...my blog will provide some encouragement and support for other women, wherever they may be in the stages of trauma and recovery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VICTIM OR SURVIVOR? A Deeper Look into the Question PART IV The Role of 'Survivor...need to exercise better judgement, or question their characters. And we certainly don ’ t blame them for being in harm ’ s way! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~