Got the candles lit for the dark times, Arfie. Gentle support as you go.

thank you, leo. the seas are stormy on the southern front. i don't much care which side is the owner of the truth. i just wanna provide safe harbor for my 3 orphans. the children always pay the highest price when adults start getting righteous.

sigh. . .

I sure feel for you guys and what you're going through

It's heartbreaking...Prayers sent..xo

It seems like the adults forget who the real victims are in the game. Prayers of support sent to you! Big hug!

thank you, suncloud. i've been riding this crazy train for enough years to embarrass an aging beauty queen and. . . this round feels far more menacing. i hope it is only my hypervigilance. just hoping. . . praying, too. . .

update
a few who know me know about the jukebox between my ears which provides soundtrack for my intrusive thought loops. this episode is dancing to the tune from the cinematic classic, "oklahoma."

to the melody of "oh what a beautiful morning."

oh what a manicky morning
oh what a manicky day
i have this manicky feeling
everything will be okay

there's an ambitious politician hollerin' there
at an drunken old hippie tryin' to declare
oh what a manicky morning
oh what a manicky day
i have this manicky feeling
everything will be okay

healing hopes for all. no exceptions.

amen, presh. prayers and support both needed and appreciated.

i've been singing along with whitney houston on that score

i believe the children are our future. . .

what are we teaching our babies?

the socio-political crisis rocking my little ship of fools isn't likely to abate any time soon, but methinks my strictly personal reaction to the chaos is? ? ? responding well to therapy tools,

music is, quite literally, my first language. i was reading and writing at college levels before i could get my tongue to behave well enough to hold a civil conversation. to this day, i can't always speak, but i can always sing. not all the critics will call THAT singing, but i consider the source with critics. holding civil conversations with critics is not very high on my sizeable wish list.

are we surprised that music therapy is quite effective in my case. the passive activity of listening is not what i call, "music therapy."

i am beginning to wonder if the songs which play in my head while i listen to people talk are significant. just wondering, but i have been following the threads of the songs i hear while listening to the various sides in this current border crisis. it is hard to tell through the strictly personal chaos of a psychotic episode, but? ? ?

thoughts? opinions? reality checks? unsolicited advice?

I hear clips of music to some people! Jaws, psycho and maniacal laughing are reserved for my ex-in-laws! Lol

Sending you gentle hugs and steadying support while you journey through this crisis

I hadn't heard that term "radical acceptance" in a long time, arfie. Where was it--in Alanon way back before I joined DSPTSD over a decade ago. It's a really good goal to work toward. Sending you support as you work on it.