The first time I realized the impact of my actions on other people, after I calmed down from a period of being basically hysterical, sitting in my bathtub crying for I don’t know how long, one thought went through my brain: “I need to work!!!” I immediately got a job stocking shelves at a groceryContinue reading “Working for a living”
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The Effects of Trauma II
Just when you think what you survived was bad, you talk to someone who had it worse than you did. What kind of person does to their children some of the things that were done to me? Or worse, what happened to my sister, for whom the abuse was so severe, I cannot even beginContinue reading “The Effects of Trauma II”
An Atrocious Mental Health System
“We have an atrocious mental health system,” someone once said to me, followed moments later by, “We’re going to require psychiatry of you.” My, you make it sound so attractive. 😉 Unfortunately, it’s a very true statement. Some areas are better than others. I feel badly for people living in Texas. The care given forContinue reading “An Atrocious Mental Health System”
12 Step programs
There is a 12 step organization or program for just about any bad habit. And for other things, such as codependency, emotional health, and numerous chemical dependencies. Even self-harm now has one! And this is by no means, an all-inclusive list: Alcoholics Anonymous – http://www.aa.org/ Adult Children of Alcoholics – http://www.adultchildren.org/ Al-Anon/Alateen – http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/ Co-Anon/ Cocaine Anonymous – http://www.co-anon.org/Continue reading “12 Step programs”
There is always hope
I had always had some idea about the truth about myself, that I did have a factitious disorder (FD), but admitting it first to myself, then to another person was one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do. When I looked at the treatment for this, I didn’t find much. WhichContinue reading “There is always hope”