early morning

those early morning internal fits and starts of painful and invasive thoughts I think help me


wake out of my sleep.. I don't like it - but I am starting to see that it's how my


inner mechanism works. Pain. I kind of need to accept it but I also need


to stay vigilant.. it's difficult to understand what I am supposed to do here


in life...every morning it's like i am a different person but things are getting


better.. I am starting to be interested in the future. Today the Treepeople are meeting,


Sunday there is a Christmas concert I am going to, Thursday I am going to a 


lecture at the museum...I also want to go visit an old acquaintence in Palm Springs


after the New Year.


I hope you guys are doing good.
Sending xx oo


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arfie
arfie

an important question in my personal psych herstory is, "where be that fuzzy line between "staying vigilant" and "hypervigilance?" when i started psychotherapy, there was not a doubt that the natural vigilance of my survival instinct had been over-developed to counter productive extremes. that is far from unusual in the throwaway kid camps. during my first attempts to lose those awkward teenage moves, i swung to the other extreme of trusting without discretion. oh for the love of balance. . . still questing for a clear and easy answer. . . wondering more and more if i need to just let the mystery be.

sounds like a wonderful social agenda you are lining up there.
steadying support while you carry through.
malibumark
malibumark

thanks arfie.
Community LeaderMid
Mid

Go for it! That's the best way to figure out what works for you.
SensitiveHoboLady
SensitiveHoboLady

Enjoy the Christmas concert! Hope this weekend is a good one.
malibumark
malibumark

thanks Nikki! I am home from the Treepeople event. Just showered and dressed and had lunch.
Got to wash the dishes and pick up the mail. So far so good. :-) thanks!
SensitiveHoboLady
SensitiveHoboLady

Sounds good. I am out on a jaunt. Cold but sunny. Thankful for today.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD

It sounds like you have a really nice weekend planned.... I'm glad for you sweetie...... I'm sorry that you struggle with sleep and awakening....

I used to be on a med that caused night terrors... Wicked.... You could look up side effects of your meds sweetie and see if nightmares could be one.... Big hug.....xo
malibumark
malibumark

thanks Janet!!