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Friday November 27, 2009

Painful Stories

  • Journal Entry for February 1, 2008

    Friday, February 1, 2008 | A Painful story

    My symptoms...
    •    Chronic muscle pain & aching (constant in neck, back, arms, legs, knees, ankles)
    •    Sensitivity to touch (physiotherapist pressed on 18 trigger points for FM, & 17 were sensitive: Jan 2008)
    •    Tingling of skin (legs, heels)
    •    Muscle spasms (legs)
    •    Temporomandibular...




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    38 Comments

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  • Memoirs of Monarch Butterfly

    Thursday, May 29, 2008

    Dearest friends I know this is journal is long but I would truly appreciate some honest feedback. I am making headway in regards to the breaking the spell my dad has over me by way of utilizing my moms diaries and letters....
    (My mom, and I am the one she is holding.. my sister is the other cute gal)
    I do believe that as I document all of my mothers’ memoirs that I will find some healing by r...

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  • Letter to My Husband

    Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | A Painful story

                        Do you know what it's like to watch you kill yourself night after night,and not be able to do a thing about it? You stumble around with exhaustion from 11 hrs a day in the scortching heat and come home and mix it with 2-4 Scotches a night, stumbeling to bed  when y...

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  • Thereis a war in my head

    Saturday, June 21, 2008

    I have been in a lot of pain because there seems to be  a war in my head. Things are much more chaotic than usual as Lisa seesm to be gathering strength and she is capable of really making big trouble as she will take money to have sex. Lisa almost got me us in trouble once when she was nearly arrested for prostitution and we have been tryng very hard to control her since then...

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    20 Comments


  • Eric Clapton - Tear in Heaven 
    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ngpZaECKaBM&feature=related
    Hayley Westenra - Never say Goodbye
    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlpxJO1Uiw&feature=related
    Found out Today Saturday 19th July 2008 at 12(noon) EST Australia, I’m saddened to inform you that a very Dear friend of mine **yvonne111** & possibly your’s has been confirmed deceased ...




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  • I am worhless

    Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | A Painful story

    I need to die. My worth here on this planet is nothing. I went to see the Voc rehab case manager today. While I have been approved for services, They can not send me to truck driving school because of my felony convictions, the last of which was over 12 years ago! I bgan to try to discuss other types of schooling, be he wanted to focus on placing me in employment based on my experiance. What expe...

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    13 Comments

  • The world of poly

    Sunday, September 28, 2008 | A Painful story

    When my husband first brought up the idea of polyamory, I was skeptical, afraid, and a bit in denial.. that is, I didn't really think he'd find someone else to be with and, being bisexual, I wanted a girlfriend so I half laughingly agreed. I dove into articles about polyamory, joined a forum, read like mad and asked questions at a mile a minute. I read a lot about what polyamory was and m...

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    24 Comments

  • What am i to do,cronic pain draning my life away,help me!!!!!!!

    Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | A Painful story

    What am i to do i cannot go on liveing with this cronic pain any longer,it is driveing me insane,god can any one help me to live,you see i am out of my pain pills now because my son was here and he stole some of my pills,and i cannot order them till the 28th.,or the doctor well just say no because i am to early,i told my doctor what happened ,but that didn't matter to him,so now i must suffer...

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    22 Comments

  • I don't feel good enough

    Saturday, December 20, 2008

    I feel like I am not good enough. What if he leaves me because I really am not good enough? All my life my dad and others have told me how terrible I am. How I should warn people how stupid I am, and how retarded. How I should be more like my sister. Stop being yourself....
    What if... its all true?
    What if... I am not good enough?
    What if...
    I just want to curl up and cry. Another weak moment. I ha...



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    11 Comments

  • I said goodbye

    Saturday, February 7, 2009 | A Painful story

    I said goodbye to a good friend today.A friend who is not able to be my friend anymore. A friend who was very good to me and I was very good too but something is lost and this person is not able to be my friend anymore.Maybe in the future things will change,I feel so lost and scared right now and because I have mutual friends who know this person where I attend at my clubhouse I can't talk to...

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    11 Comments


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