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Category Archives: Fear
ABOUT PTSD AND RECOVERY
I was in my mid-sixties when a therapist first suggested that I was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. My response was, “No. Impossible.” Dr. B. handed me a book and asked me to read several pages out loud. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fear, Healing, Life, Memoir, Mental Health, Navigating Through Life, Trauma
Tagged Anxiety, mental-health, PTSD, shell shock, traumatic stress disorder
9 Comments
Boston …
Yesterday was once again a day of terror and violence. I took in the scenes on CNN of the attack on Boston and could only shrug my shoulders in disbelief. Today is the 6th anniversary of the massacre at Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Fear, Life, love, Matters of the Spirit, Navigating Through Life, Trauma
Tagged 9/11, Boston, Cambodia, Guilt, History, JFK, Kent State, loss, Martin Luther King Jr., Moving Forward, Newtown, Peace, Rober Kennedy, Rodney King, Spring, terrorism, The Virginia Tech Massacre, Time-out, Viet Nam, violence, war
6 Comments
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
Fear can be a good thing. It keeps us safe and on our toes when we dodge an out of control car. Or when we walk down an unlit street in middle of the night hoping the dog will pee … Continue reading
Posted in Animals I Love, Compassion, Dogs, Fear, Healing, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Trauma
Tagged animals, Anxiety, joy, loss, strangers, the boogeyman, trust
7 Comments
Compassion And Being Enough
During the last seven years of my mother’s life, I was her caretaker. Except for the last five months of her life, she lived in my home with me and my husband, Bill. It was a hard time for all … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Caring for an aging parent, Compassion, family, Fear, Kindness, Memoir, Navigating Through Life, Quotes, Wise Words
Tagged Aging, failure, forgetting, Guilt, loss, love, Narcissism, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Pain, Relationships, responsibility
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Children And Guns
When I was a child, my parents kept shotguns and rifles in our home. My father had brought a number of them back with him from Europe after World War II and used them for hunting. My mother often went … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, family, Fear, Navigating Through Life
Tagged Anxiety, Automatic Assault Weapons, Food, Guns, Hunters For The Hungry, Hunting, The Virginia Tech Massacre
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Parenting And The Unfairness Of Life
I will be turning seventy years old next week, and one of the lessons I’ve learned over the years is that being a parent doesn’t end when your child walks out the door, goes to college, and then gets married. … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, family, Fear, Life, love, Navigating Through Life
Tagged Aging, breast cancer, children, Hurricane Sandy, letting go, loss, love, parenting
8 Comments
