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Friday November 27, 2009

Painful Stories

  • An Open Letter

    Friday, July 11, 2008

    Things haven't gone very well for the past month or so.  My ex is lingering with renal cancer and my youngest son is still in Texas with him and his step-mother.
    I've had my ups and downs dealing with this on top of everything else and right now, I'm just a bit sad.  You don't live with another person for 22 years and flip off the feelings like a light switch. 
    Today...

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    4 Comments

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  • Not being on in a while

    Saturday, July 19, 2008 | A Painful story

    I have not been on for a while mostly because of my back has been so bad that I can`t sit for very long and other problems that I am going through.Some of them are very personal so I won`t talk about them at this time.The last time I went to my pain doctor he gave me some injections in my lumbar spine and it helped but now my hips and low lumbar are so sore and painful that it is affecting my who...

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    4 Comments

  • I think I hate myself

    Friday, May 8, 2009 | A Painful story

    A nasty intrusive thought just popped into my mind while I was adding some new goals.
    I think I hate myself.
    I was adding a goal about going back to playing my piano again when this though came up. I have stopped playing piano because of the pain. And I have just not been able to get back to it. My beloved piano sits covered with dust, and my music book that fell off the piano benceh has remained o...

    1 Recommendation

    6 Comments

  • Pain is up again...

    Tuesday, August 25, 2009

    The last few days my physical pain has been increasing. I now have to take a pain pill. I would rather not. But the pain is starting to trigger my depression and even some ocd thoughts.
    I have been online trying to distract myself from the pain and it helps for awhile.
    But even though I supposedly sleep for hours, I awaken and still feel tired. Here it is 9:19 am in the morning and I feel achy and...

    2 Recommendations

    3 Comments

  • In a bad funk...

    Thursday, September 3, 2009 | A Painful story

    I have not been able to write  much in my journal lately. My feelings are all over the place and I have been having pain to boot (pain triggers depression, ocd, anger, and anxiety for me). Lately my thoughts have been turning to death and I am trying hard to focus my mind on positive things because I know that usually works for me. But lately it has been harder to do.
    The OCD is stirring up s...

    1 Recommendation

    6 Comments

  • Ugh!

    Thursday, September 10, 2009 | A Painful story

    Why can't I get myself to leave the house today?
    Damn pain ain't helping.
    I will take a pain medicine, then try to go out for at least a little bit. I am isolating from the real world way too much now.
    The least movement is of importance to all nature.
    The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
    Pascel

    1 Recommendation

    4 Comments

  • Having pain and fatigue issues....

    Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | A Painful story

    Having more pain lately . Today I didn't even go to my art therapy group because I was in so much pain and very tired.
    The sleep study is over, and I will be getting a machine for sleep apnea.
    HUGS

    1 Recommendation

    5 Comments

  • i hate this bruises pain

    Saturday, September 26, 2009 | A Painful story

    i never had a suregey that looks as horrible as mine... i feel like i been beaten up. the where the took the instruments  i mean it bruised so bad it real dark purple... i had lapscopic before on my ovaries and never had this type of brusies... i dont know if he was in a hurry or if maybe i should been open up to propery get to it better..
    now i scared to even have my henia fixed by him. &nbs...

    1 Recommendation

    6 Comments

  • Being Triggered Lately.... (possible trigger)

    Wednesday, September 30, 2009

     
    Yesterday I got triggered when I saw several folks being suicidal  online at ds when I came back for the first time in days.... it is not their fault I got triggered. Only I have the power to choose to let myself feel triggered. Two members here thinking of suicide I feel close to... and I am worried sick for both of them I was relieved today to get a pm from one of them that said he/s...

    2 Recommendations

    6 Comments

  • im in pain

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | A Painful story

    i have alot of pain. i dont know if the cobination of the ribs broken   and i had gallbladder suregey.
    i feel like im a pregant woman my stoamch is swollen and i feel like my ribs are alkl back up in my underneath the brest bone. i cant stand this, this is the worst pain i had. my bones crack and grind and i cant sit long and lay very long it hurts my side, i just want to cut it off. then it ...

    1 Recommendation

    3 Comments


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