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I worked on a workbook on healing from abuse. It's called Mending the Soul and uses biblical references. I highly recommend it. I think it really really helped. It was worked as part of a support group that met weekly. My schedule changed and I was unable to keep attending. I had trouble w/ some of the boundaries of the group. It worked out well for me. I spent hours on it each week. I'm glad I was part of the group. The last session is next week. I feel a little awkward returning after an absense of half of the 12 week or so group. We'll see if I go. The workbook was powerful for me and I'm grateful for the healing and the closeness to my higher power God.
I have to work on what I say to people who ask about my exbf who stalked me. The PTSD is real and this is when it gets stirred up, I realized today. I think the more vague I am and the more I change the subject, the better with most people. It is a personal thing how I was affected and the average person won't understand.
Enjoying my first laptop and being able to connect w/ people online and doing research. Very grateful to have some temporary work to do, and loving my background acting work. Things are going well. Work has been good for me. Getting away from some of the people who I feel I sort of grew away from has been good for me. I think a lot of the mutual friends who are still friendly w/ my ex just sort of trigger the PTSD for me so I am avoiding people and places that trigger me. One of my friends from program was sort of talking to me about that avoidance and I got triggered. It's all a learning process.
My storage space has been ignored by me for too long now. Need to work on the organization. Going to dock my progress for that.
I have to work on what I say to people who ask about my exbf who stalked me. The PTSD is real and this is when it gets stirred up, I realized today. I think the more vague I am and the more I change the subject, the better with most people. It is a personal thing how I was affected and the average person won't understand.
Enjoying my first laptop and being able to connect w/ people online and doing research. Very grateful to have some temporary work to do, and loving my background acting work. Things are going well. Work has been good for me. Getting away from some of the people who I feel I sort of grew away from has been good for me. I think a lot of the mutual friends who are still friendly w/ my ex just sort of trigger the PTSD for me so I am avoiding people and places that trigger me. One of my friends from program was sort of talking to me about that avoidance and I got triggered. It's all a learning process.
My storage space has been ignored by me for too long now. Need to work on the organization. Going to dock my progress for that.
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Hello! That workbook sounds interesting! I know what you mean about PTSD-alot of different things can trigger it(you never really know sometimes what will trigger it). One time I heard woman crying at the mall and it triggered something in me(don\'t really want to talk about my situation or why she was crying), but it really triggered something in me and I had to go to the nearest public bathroom and have a good cry. Hang in there! Happy Holidays!:0)