Been away too long

Tonight I have been reading over past journal entries. I realized that letting my busyness get in the way of my DS time knocked me back a step or two. Time to start writing, reading, and reaching out to others again. Crazy thing is, I don't think the time off negatively affected my mindset this time as much as it would in the past. I guess some of that knowledge stuck with me this time. I can actually find myself consistently analyzing what he says (in my head of course), and I see right through it. I can name his baiting techniques and recognize them for what they are. Seems like such a little thing, bit this is HUGE for me!!!