More on listening to my body
I am doing much better now. Energy is rising as the sea rises at the sight of the moon. It is still volatile, plunges down at esoteric …
Random advice turned guiding principle: Listen to your body
I call mami, for yoga advice on postures, corrections, and affirmations. One time, I was dismayed at having made no progress on the split or the wheel. …
Pledge
I have a hard time letting go. The one thing a hard childhood did not teach me was to identify obstacles the only solution to which is …
P-PTS
Post P-PTS episode weeks are surreal. Never am I as hyper-aware and conscious of the lack of pain and distress in my body and mind as I …
Safety props
You know that feeling when you’ve been feeling something for a while and didn’t know what it was till you figured the word for it? Like if …
Where is the manual? / A history of friendship
Trauma causes much more than tachycardia and compulsive behavior. An anxious child has a hard time making or keeping friends. Add to this palatable mix the father’s …
Where is the manual? Safety
It is as children that a lot of us learn about the membrane that separates safe from unsafe. Water-safe, a lot of water flowing at a great …
Where is the manual? Eating
When I was little, we hadn’t discovered that mummy has schizophrenia or any other compulsive traits she was let to be the mother she wanted to be. …
Where is the Manual? manual
Most of what gets talked about as a mental illness are its symptoms or its outward breakdown (the cool kids of this school are mania, crying, and …
Nothing
I follow an artist who makes comics in a language I don’t know enough to even identify. But I look at her work & know that she …