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06 Apr 2004 06:26:32 AM |
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personal gibberish about repressing emotions and allowing those emotions to emerge. |
Son.
I am a drunk with a violent temper with little if any time for you son.
Sometimes I shout at you and you cry. I like to see you cry, I get pleasure
from it and it makes me feel good. Sometimes I'm really mean to you. Often
I'll physically hurt you, deny you those things that you're programmed to
seek out such as security and warmth. I like this feeling inside, this sense
of power as you standsbefore me terrified, disempowering you, battering your
confidence, obeying my every order. Sometimes you try to fight back, but I'm
a lot bigger than you, so it's easy to control you emotionally and
physically. Army days boy, army days..... RSM Father, stand by your beds.
Well done Michael, I now have you trained to obey. Words are no longer
necessary as you're more than keen to please me. l only have to look at you
and you come running.
Now I come to think of it, you don't speak to anyone do you?
I am dead now, but you don't seem to miss me Michael.
Hello Dad, what's this bag you've left me dad? I can't open it, it seems
sealed shut with a secure padlock and a security guard the likes of which
I've never seen before. I know it's mine because it's locked deep inside of
me. There's someone guarding the bag dad, he's huge, very dark, very menacing
with energy that is just frighteningly awesome. He knows you dad. I don't
know whether he likes you or not, but he certainly knows you and you're no
match for him. To him you're someone to be avoided, he could crush you in
seconds.
I found a locksmith who'll help me open it. We've been picking the lock for
five years now, and it's only now that I can catch a glimpse of what's
inside.
The bag keeper doesn't necessarily like me picking the lock. It obviously
contains things that aren't really suitable for my eyes. But i'm pig headed
and continue to pick away at the combination just to get into the bag.
Sometimes the bag keeper really gets pissed at my constant picking. I know
when I've gone far too much because he switches my personality from closeness
to hostile. And if I don't listen to him, he'll sometimes fire a warning shot
overhead. I know if I've pushed too hard - he'll try and kill me. I am
learning to negotiate with the keeper of the bag. He has only just begun to
trust me with it's contents. Every now and again he'll allow me a sneak peek.
This is interesting dad, it contains everything, my whole past spent with you
and mum. Here's every place that we've ever been, every word ever spoken,
every punch, every threat, every holiday, every agrement, every smile, every
frown, every punishment, every pain, every damn fucking experience ever -
good or bad is locked away in my little bag of repressed emotions.
I didn't realise that someone was recording this stuff and keeping it for me.
This bag is big dad. It contains experiences and emotions that are terrifying
me for the first time ever. I'll sneak a peek inside, and the dust wafts up
my nose sending me like grade A1 Heroin.
Maybe we could book a seat at the flashback cinema and together we can watch
billions of random images in full sensoround.
It'll be nice to feel what emotions were going on for the first time ever
when you or mum did whatever you did, won't it?
Just incase you think I'm mad
http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html
When faced with overwhelmingly traumatic situations from which there is no
physical escape, a child may resort to "going away" in his or her head.
Children typically use this ability as an extremely effective defense against
acute physical and emotional pain, or anxious anticipation of that pain. By
this dissociative process, thoughts, feelings, memories, and perceptions of
the traumatic experiences can be separated off psychologically, allowing the
child to function as if the trauma had not occurred.
Often, even after the traumatic circumstances are long past, the left-over
pattern of defensive dissociation remains. Chronic defensive dissociation may
lead to serious dysfunction in work, social, and daily activities.
Repeated dissociation may result in a series of separate entities, or mental
states, which may eventually take on identities of their own. These entities
may become the internal "personality states" of a DID system. Changing
between these states of consciousness is often described as "switching."
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06 Apr 2004 11:31:46 PM |
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<gentle snip>
your story was amazing, and your gift for writing quite tremendous.
you moved me in my very soul.
i wish i could take that little boy and replay his life for him. and give
him the parents he so desperately wanted and needed to have.
you are inspiring, michael. you are a light to us all. never, ever allow
that light to be extinguished.
quietly crying in response to the pain you so bravely shared with us,
u2b
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07 Apr 2004 04:44:55 AM |
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 04:31:46 GMT, "used2be" <cindyb@ERASETHISaustin.rr.com>
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your story was amazing, and your gift for writing quite tremendous.
Thank you u2b, but I'm no different to anyone else who deals with stuff. It's
the same for you, me, and a load of others here. A lot of stuff sounds
horrendous when you flick back through it, but at the time it wasn't an
issue, I knew no different. You know, even with all that I've discovered
childhood was still an excellent time in many ways. I had some good friends,
good fun, and I learnt to totally shut myself away so no harm could come to
me.
I feel sorry for the lad I met when I was 27 when I had to section my mother
into a mental hospital. There I met a young lad of 17 who had been seriously
abused. He used to come running up to me to admire my motorbike. He asked me
if I could take him out for a ride. He seemed such a normal child at first,
but he would never be free from the mental institutions. So much damage was
done that he couldn't function due to psychosis. It's those poor bastards
that are the heros. It's the parents of those children that should be shot
were shooting not such a quick death. I just don't get it.
love
Mx
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| User: "Trishamolson" |
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06 Apr 2004 10:22:04 AM |
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Dear Michael,
What you wrote grabbed me by the throat. I hope for you.
Best
Rosena
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06 Apr 2004 08:43:16 AM |
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:26:32 +0100, "|||| || | ||||| ||||||||"
<barcod@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*> It'll be nice to feel what emotions were going on for the first time ever
<(((*> when you or mum did whatever you did, won't it?
Feel them, Michael. Honour them. And let them go.
I know. It's a lot more difficult than that. I have my own
repressed memories to deal with, not nearly as many nor as
horrific as yours, but enough to let me empathize with what
you're going through.
FWIW, you are one of my heroes. I admire you. Love you, even.
Care passionately that you will someday be healed of these
traumas.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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06 Apr 2004 01:10:47 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:43:16 -0400, wrote:
Feel them, Michael. Honour them. And let them go.
I fell asleep 3 hours ago Tara only to wake up as a 5yo desperately wanting
the chocolate easter egg my mother made me give away.
The other day I reverted to a 14yo (ask Nina, it's interesting).
It's as if feelings any feelings whatsoever are dangerous. It's not the bad
stuff - it's every damn thing.
When I was 9 or 10 we had been away on holiday in Cornwall on a campsite.
During the trip home late at night my father stopped to buy fish and chips at
a place outside London called Luton. I remember the rain, the high brick wall
than ran for hundreds of yards alongside the railway station. I remember that
my mother and father had argued, screaming at each other. My father asked her
if she wanted anything to eat, and she refused because she was in a snit.
My father got out of the car and ran across the street into the fish and chip
shop. Whilst he was gone mother turned to me and said "I only go on holidays
because you and your father want to. Don't ask me to come with you next
year".
Yeah, a totally stupidly innocent incident, and yet for the first time thirty
years later I can feel the sadness, the guilt as if mother was blaming me for
all the misery.
How am I to cope once things such as the numerous suicide attempts my mother
attempted start surfacing, the suicide notes, the emotional abuse and the
inappropriate sexual behaviour from mother towards me. What really happened
to me as a child in the public toilets at Swaffham in Norfolk. All the
physical and mental abuse my father inflicted upon me such as the punching,
strangling, abandoning etc. The drinking, the fighting between them. The
years of caring for my terminally ill mother and the four years being with
her during her continual drug abuse and paranoid schizophrenia up until her
suicide, which in itself was my fault because I threatened to walk away.
I've not felt any emotions for nearly 40 years Tara. I'm only picking away at
things because in order to feel the sun you have to allow the feelings
through. But the problem in order to feel the good, you're exposing yourself
to all the repressed emotions. You can't filter out the good from the bad.
Bloody hell, this may as well be the testimony of a dead man.
Take care honey
Mxxxxx
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06 Apr 2004 01:21:11 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:10:47 +0100, "|||| || | ||||| ||||||||"
<barcod@yahoo.com> wrote:
<(((*> It's as if feelings any feelings whatsoever are dangerous. It's not the bad
<(((*> stuff - it's every damn thing.
(snip)
<(((*> I've not felt any emotions for nearly 40 years Tara. I'm only picking away at
<(((*> things because in order to feel the sun you have to allow the feelings
<(((*> through. But the problem in order to feel the good, you're exposing yourself
<(((*> to all the repressed emotions. You can't filter out the good from the bad.
I know, sweetie. I know.
It sure would be nice if we could pick and choose, but that ain't
the way we've been wired.
I've followed your evolving saga over the years, and I gotta say
I think you've already made amazing progress in healing.
And you didn't let that horrific abuse twist you into an abuser.
You were (and are) a much better person than that.
Here's wishing that the sun will shine warmly upon you, friend.
And that the rainfall, when it comes, serves to nourish the
flowers in your garden.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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06 Apr 2004 03:55:08 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:21:11 -0400, wrote:
It sure would be nice if we could pick and choose, but that ain't
the way we've been wired.
Yeah, it would be so much easier if only we could allow the positive stuff
through whilst keeping the bad things at bay.
I've followed your evolving saga over the years, and I gotta say
I think you've already made amazing progress in healing.
My therapist said to me last week "I don't usually say this, but I happen to
think you're a seriously amazing person". Want to know something Tara, I
bloody well am. I have worked so damn hard when there was nothing left
whatsoever. I haven't given up and I certainly ain't going to now.
And you didn't let that horrific abuse twist you into an abuser.
You were (and are) a much better person than that.
It wasn't that horrific sweetie and in a way that's the whole damn problem.
There are others here that have been through so much worse than me. I don't
know how the hell they manage. The only thing was that my life was warped and
I didn't know it. And because I didn't realise how screwed up it was, I went
from one unhealthy situation to another.
Here's wishing that the sun will shine warmly upon you, friend.
And that the rainfall, when it comes, serves to nourish the
flowers in your garden.
Awwwwww thank you so much Tara.
Love
Mxxx
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06 Apr 2004 10:20:49 AM |
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in article q7v4705s316hc0h47jqu7f12thti4vd3si@4ax.com, |||| || | |||||
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It'll be nice to feel what emotions were going on for the first time ever
when you or mum did whatever you did, won't it?
How brave you are to embrace all of these bad memories and try to sort
through them, and to share them here. So many people who've been through
much less don't even try. I think you're heroic, and you deserved much, much
more from the people who were supposed to love and protect you.
Wishing you strength and peace,
Kelly
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| User: "yuluwirri" |
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06 Apr 2004 02:34:31 PM |
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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 12:26:32 +0100, "|||| || | ||||| ||||||||"
<barcod@yahoo.com> wrote:
Son.
I am a drunk with a violent temper with little if any time for you son.
Sometimes I shout at you and you cry. I like to see you cry, I get pleasure
from it and it makes me feel good. Sometimes I'm really mean to you. Often
I'll physically hurt you, deny you those things that you're programmed to
seek out such as security and warmth. I like this feeling inside, this sense
of power as you standsbefore me terrified, disempowering you, battering your
confidence, obeying my every order. Sometimes you try to fight back, but I'm
a lot bigger than you, so it's easy to control you emotionally and
physically. Army days boy, army days..... RSM Father, stand by your beds.
Well done Michael, I now have you trained to obey. Words are no longer
necessary as you're more than keen to please me. l only have to look at you
and you come running.
Now I come to think of it, you don't speak to anyone do you?
I am dead now, but you don't seem to miss me Michael.
Hello Dad, what's this bag you've left me dad? I can't open it, it seems
sealed shut with a secure padlock and a security guard the likes of which
I've never seen before. I know it's mine because it's locked deep inside of
me. There's someone guarding the bag dad, he's huge, very dark, very menacing
with energy that is just frighteningly awesome. He knows you dad. I don't
know whether he likes you or not, but he certainly knows you and you're no
match for him. To him you're someone to be avoided, he could crush you in
seconds.
I found a locksmith who'll help me open it. We've been picking the lock for
five years now, and it's only now that I can catch a glimpse of what's
inside.
The bag keeper doesn't necessarily like me picking the lock. It obviously
contains things that aren't really suitable for my eyes. But i'm pig headed
and continue to pick away at the combination just to get into the bag.
Sometimes the bag keeper really gets pissed at my constant picking. I know
when I've gone far too much because he switches my personality from closeness
to hostile. And if I don't listen to him, he'll sometimes fire a warning shot
overhead. I know if I've pushed too hard - he'll try and kill me. I am
learning to negotiate with the keeper of the bag. He has only just begun to
trust me with it's contents. Every now and again he'll allow me a sneak peek.
This is interesting dad, it contains everything, my whole past spent with you
and mum. Here's every place that we've ever been, every word ever spoken,
every punch, every threat, every holiday, every agrement, every smile, every
frown, every punishment, every pain, every damn fucking experience ever -
good or bad is locked away in my little bag of repressed emotions.
I didn't realise that someone was recording this stuff and keeping it for me.
This bag is big dad. It contains experiences and emotions that are terrifying
me for the first time ever. I'll sneak a peek inside, and the dust wafts up
my nose sending me like grade A1 Heroin.
Maybe we could book a seat at the flashback cinema and together we can watch
billions of random images in full sensoround.
It'll be nice to feel what emotions were going on for the first time ever
when you or mum did whatever you did, won't it?
Just incase you think I'm mad
I know you are not mad. Once you get to really know the Bag Keeper,
you will come to love and understand him. He was there to keep you
safe, and now it is time, he will come to understand that there is no
need to keep protecting you as he once did.
Instead, you may have need to comfort him in his pain. And in doing
so, you are comforting that little boy you once were.
It's all very difficult I know M. In the midst of it all, there seems
to be nothing but pain and confusion.
I feel as though I am right in the middle of it all, waiting for the
healing to come, and every day one, I take one small step towards
finally knowing and accepting myself/ves.
((((((((((((((((((M))))))))))))))))))
http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html
When faced with overwhelmingly traumatic situations from which there is no
physical escape, a child may resort to "going away" in his or her head.
Children typically use this ability as an extremely effective defense against
acute physical and emotional pain, or anxious anticipation of that pain. By
this dissociative process, thoughts, feelings, memories, and perceptions of
the traumatic experiences can be separated off psychologically, allowing the
child to function as if the trauma had not occurred.
Often, even after the traumatic circumstances are long past, the left-over
pattern of defensive dissociation remains. Chronic defensive dissociation may
lead to serious dysfunction in work, social, and daily activities.
Repeated dissociation may result in a series of separate entities, or mental
states, which may eventually take on identities of their own. These entities
may become the internal "personality states" of a DID system. Changing
between these states of consciousness is often described as "switching."
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yuluwirri
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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06 Apr 2004 06:58:30 PM |
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:34:31 +1000, yuluwirri <yuluwirri@hotmail.com> wrote:
I know you are not mad. Once you get to really know the Bag Keeper,
you will come to love and understand him. He was there to keep you
safe, and now it is time, he will come to understand that there is no
need to keep protecting you as he once did.
God he's so frightening Grace. I don't mean he's bad or mean or anything. I
mean there's just such an awesome presence to him. He's like a thunderstorm,
there's an electrical charge to him that just makes the hairs on the back of
my neck stand on edge. I cannot believe that people house such persons inside
of them.
Instead, you may have need to comfort him in his pain. And in doing
so, you are comforting that little boy you once were.
That's exactly what I'm trying to do Grace. I'm trying to give him space, not
scare him away.
To anyone who is reading this that have been abused and know all about
hypervigilance. This character *is* he. He is pure energy with a radar array
that's set to detect a pin dropping a mile away.
When he appears (twice so far as a definite person, but this past week he has
been hanging around a bit) everything becomes electrifying. He is watching
me, those around me, my environment. He is waiting for one thing to go wrong
and he'll grab me and pull me out of here so quick that I won't have time to
blink.
You've said things in the past that have shaken me Grace. Your understanding
of this is way more advanced than mine. Does such a person resonate with you?
Tomorrow the therapist and myself are going to try and introduce him into the
environment. I'm looking forward to it, it should prove interesting.
Plus, he is a major player in my self destruct.
It's all very difficult I know M. In the midst of it all, there seems
to be nothing but pain and confusion.
That's all their is Grace. That is all life has ever been (I cannot believe
I'm saying that).
I feel as though I am right in the middle of it all, waiting for the
healing to come, and every day one, I take one small step towards
finally knowing and accepting myself/ves.
Same here kiddo, same here.
Love
Mxxxxx
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| User: "yuluwirri" |
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07 Apr 2004 01:05:56 AM |
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 00:58:30 +0100, "|||| || | ||||| ||||||||"
<barcod@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:34:31 +1000, yuluwirri <yuluwirri@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi again mate,
I know you are not mad. Once you get to really know the Bag Keeper,
you will come to love and understand him. He was there to keep you
safe, and now it is time, he will come to understand that there is no
need to keep protecting you as he once did.
God he's so frightening Grace. I don't mean he's bad or mean or anything. I
mean there's just such an awesome presence to him. He's like a thunderstorm,
there's an electrical charge to him that just makes the hairs on the back of
my neck stand on edge. I cannot believe that people house such persons inside
of them.
Indeed. They needed to be strong. They were thrown so much ***** in
their lives, they needed the complex defenses they developed. Not only
for themselves either. I'll explain more further along.
Instead, you may have need to comfort him in his pain. And in doing
so, you are comforting that little boy you once were.
That's exactly what I'm trying to do Grace. I'm trying to give him space, not
scare him away.
Excellent work. I know it's hard to do. Oh boy, I know it's hard to
do. And never forgetting, it is hard for him too.
To anyone who is reading this that have been abused and know all about
hypervigilance. This character *is* he. He is pure energy with a radar array
that's set to detect a pin dropping a mile away.
That is so true. And sometimes "pins" they -think- they've heard drop.
They are so used to finding people untrustworthy, that the faintest
hint of (usually) real or (not so often) imagined threat unearths the
mightiest of responses.
When he appears (twice so far as a definite person, but this past week he has
been hanging around a bit) everything becomes electrifying. He is watching
me, those around me, my environment. He is waiting for one thing to go wrong
and he'll grab me and pull me out of here so quick that I won't have time to
blink.
Nodding here.
You've said things in the past that have shaken me Grace. Your understanding
of this is way more advanced than mine. Does such a person resonate with you?
I am not so sure that I have more understanding you know. I am still
learning. Every, single day.
But yes, this does resonate with me. I have one whom I now love
deeply, (although we have our altercations from time to time).
This mighty lady has protected me for so very long (before I even knew
she existed).
But it wasn't only me she was protecting. Rather, and firstly, she was
protecting (and still is), my little one. She will have no harm done
to the little one. She will defend the "system" until she can defend
no more. She sometimes still defends when there is no real need,
however understanding *her* hurt and *her* pain, I have come to know
that she is not an evil person, just a person who has had many painful
experiences.
Sometimes the experience of being a part of this system is so
ethereal, I cannot grasp it. Other times, it all falls into place and
I have a deep understanding.
Tomorrow the therapist and myself are going to try and introduce him into the
environment. I'm looking forward to it, it should prove interesting.
You bet it will. Let me know how you go and good luck to the 3 of you.
Plus, he is a major player in my self destruct.
You know, I haven't figured out where or how that part of me
(self-destruct) fits into place. I am not sure if it is a part of the
person I described above, or a separate part all of it's own or indeed
some kind of programmed response.
I know how scary this can be. For us, it appears that the logic goes
like this. If I, (we... whatever) perceive the threat to be so
immense, this "part" feels the need to permanently self-destruct not
really realizing that yes, the threat will go away, but we will too.
This is something that I have not yet worked through.
It's all very difficult I know M. In the midst of it all, there seems
to be nothing but pain and confusion.
That's all their is Grace. That is all life has ever been (I cannot believe
I'm saying that).
At the moment it appears that way. Given time, the good, nourishing
memories will gradually come back, enriching your overall experience
and giving a fairly accurate account of your life thus far. I never
thought that I would be able to recall anything but pain, turmoil and
abuse. But I have. It's been slow and the good memories are still
coming. Bit by bit.
I feel as though I am right in the middle of it all, waiting for the
healing to come, and every day, I take one small step towards
finally knowing and accepting myself/ves.
Same here kiddo, same here.
I know. You are very brave mate. More brave than you can ever imagine.
I am just so relieved and grateful that you have a very wise person
with you on this journey. Your shrink sounds like one in a million and
I am indebted to him for treating my mate so well.
Love,
Grace
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yuluwirri
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Fish know.
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yuluwirri@hotmail.com
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07 Apr 2004 04:28:23 AM |
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:05:56 +1000, yuluwirri <yuluwirri@hotmail.com> wrote:
God he's so frightening Grace. I don't mean he's bad or mean or anything. I
mean there's just such an awesome presence to him. He's like a thunderstorm,
there's an electrical charge to him that just makes the hairs on the back of
my neck stand on edge. I cannot believe that people house such persons inside
of them.
Indeed. They needed to be strong. They were thrown so much ***** in
their lives, they needed the complex defenses they developed. Not only
for themselves either. I'll explain more further along.
I cannot even begin to relay what it's like to be in the presence of such a
being. I know that I'm repeating myself here again and again, but such a
presence is awesome. It's like discovering a compartment within you is part
polar bear, with all the strength that comes with being a polar bear.
That is so true. And sometimes "pins" they -think- they've heard drop.
Yet again, you're so 'on the money'. You are absolutely right.
Last week I was talking to Nina. Well, not so much talking but listening to
her intensely. As she spoke I tried to achieve a sense of connection with
her, something I rarely feel with anything including my dog. As she talked I
started to feel connected. Seconds later it was as if a prison break had
occurred. Not only had the good guy escaped, but behind him thousands upon
thousands of detained emotions took the opportunity to take advantage of the
gap I had created, and so seconds after allowing myself to feel, I was
swamped with unforseen and unwanted emotional prisoners.
I cried, screamed and totally fell apart as sentient memories pummeled my
brain machine guy style. Minutes later in moved The Big Guy. He had corralled
the escaped emotions and returned them to where they could do no harm, and
then he hung around a while.
They are so used to finding people untrustworthy, that the faintest
hint of (usually) real or (not so often) imagined threat unearths the
mightiest of responses.
As I talked to Nina, he was watching every move she made. He wanted her out
of here, he was more than prepared to kick her butt into next week by telling
her to ***** and then retracting. I had to negotiate with him, convince
him that all was safe, that Nina was to be trusted. As I talked to Nina he
did stay around. My sensors became super sensitive, my voice changed as did
my physical self. Gone was the anxiety that is so much a part of my everyday
life. Gone was the physical pain. Gone was anything and everything that I
associated with my regular frame of mind.
But yes, this does resonate with me. I have one whom I now love
deeply, (although we have our altercations from time to time).
This mighty lady has protected me for so very long (before I even knew
she existed).
But it wasn't only me she was protecting. Rather, and firstly, she was
protecting (and still is), my little one. She will have no harm done
to the little one. She will defend the "system" until she can defend
no more. She sometimes still defends when there is no real need,
however understanding *her* hurt and *her* pain, I have come to know
that she is not an evil person, just a person who has had many painful
experiences.
Before I began to understand this stuff, I used to say to Nina that I had
zero control here. Often she would do or say something totally innocent (or
rarely she'd do something like accidently step on a crumple button) and I'd
find myself being reeled in like some kind of Tuna. It's not that I wanted to
leave the immediate situation, it's not that I wanted to retract myself from
whomever, it's just that someone who monitors my every breath decided that
Nina (or slot in appropriate person close to me in here> is dangerous, and so
like the hand of god descending, I'd get plucked away, even though things
were not as hostile as my conscience mind determined.
At the moment it appears that way. Given time, the good, nourishing
memories will gradually come back, enriching your overall experience
and giving a fairly accurate account of your life thus far. I never
thought that I would be able to recall anything but pain, turmoil and
abuse. But I have. It's been slow and the good memories are still
coming. Bit by bit.
I'm torn between saying 'that is wonderful' and 'you poor sod, what the hell
have you been through'. Ether way, hats off to you girl, it takes a lot of
courage to deconstruct, reprogram and then reconstruct yourself recelebrated
minus the negative bits.
I know. You are very brave mate. More brave than you can ever imagine.
I'm not brave Grace, but someone inside of me sure as hell is.
I am just so relieved and grateful that you have a very wise person
with you on this journey. Your shrink sounds like one in a million and
I am indebted to him for treating my mate so well.
He is amazing. I'll often look at him, scratch my head and say to him "where
the hell do you come up with junk from?" But invariably he is spot on. But
it's not just the shrink, he is only a part of it. There's a number of
players here. Firstly there's the shrink, then there's Nina for being just
amazing beyond belief, and then there's people like you who help shine a
light in the unknown by illuminating the way ahead through taking the time to
write about their own experiences, and last but by no means least there's all
of me. I'm one impressive person all things considered. I should be a barking
mad teapot, but I'm here fighting and beating down the ghosts. Bring it on
eh!
Love
Mxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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