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Tag Archives: feelings
Permission to Feel (You Have It…)
Does feeling come naturally to you? Can you experience your emotions as they happen? If so, I envy you. My emotions are sometimes subject to bouts of severe censorship. It’s as though I have a built-in filter, which cleanses my … Continue reading
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Tagged abyss, climbing out of the abyss, compadre, darkness to light, feelings, healing, light, overtaking the dark, overwhelm, rage, reactivity, trauma
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The Ghost of Birthdays Past
My mother just had a birthday. 87. She turned 87. I am grateful; I am thrilled to be celebrating dancing singing rejoicing with her. My family descended, en masse. Hovering, wondering: How much longer? Will this be the last one? … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, children, family, feelings, ghosts, hate, healing, love, past and present, poetry, rage, re-living trauma, triggering, triggers
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Where is God?
I am without God today. Devastatingly without God. Without hope. I stress today, because I know it will not be forever. It just feels like it. Just. Hah…just. What a silly minimization. Unjust, more like. The feeling overwhelms, threatens to … Continue reading
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Tagged body, body issues, depression, feelings, finding God, God, healing, hope, hopelessness, incest survivor, No Body, overwhelm, survivor
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No Body.
No Body. Not today. None that I want, anyway. No connection No stash of self-love No self-compassion. Just fear Blind fear The kind that makes you quake. Fears are feelings. Feelings aren’t facts. That’s what they say. Anyway… I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged betrayal, body, body issues, feelings, incest survivor, lava flow, No Body, poetry, re-living trauma, survivor, triggering, triggers
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