Taking one step back...not necessarily to the bad

(flaps to a safe spot)  (phew)  Thank you Summerwind...very, very much.
So, I'm looking back at the last few entries I've done...I've spilled out an awful lot of stuff.  Frankly, I've let out too much, really.  It took a live chat with a friend last night to settle me down and convince me that I am in control of how I work through these things.
The smarter thing to do would have been to pick one thing only that has been haunting me, slowly come to terms with that, and then move onto the next one.  Letting out three without any real resolution to any of them wasn't very smart on my part.
I did get a copy of Stronger, Better, Happier and I will work on that because from the pages I flipped it ought to help.  But as far as letting issues out goes, I'm letting that part rest for a few days.  Then I'm going to go back to one of the three I've already let out -- I'll refer you back to the relevant journal entry when we get there -- and ask that we explore it until I'm comfortable with it.
This, it seems to me, is how this is going to proceed from here.  I mean, there will be stuff that still needs to come out, but at current pace I'm going to be overwhelmed.  So I'm tapping on the brakes accordingly.