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    • Journal Entry for July 10, 2008

      Mood July 10, 2008 9:57am

      really not much time these days. my salon went great altho of course only i know what parts of it were rocky. trip to amsterdam for 3 nights of …

    • Journal Entry for June 25, 2008

      Mood June 25, 2008 7:35am

      yeah you read it right, 134!

       

      went for an energy/reiki massage today by a specialist visiting from the himalayas.  he said i need to yawn …

    • Lightest in a Year

      Mood June 23, 2008 9:48am

      Ok now, as busy as I have been producing a large event this week (an intellectual dinner salon for 30 at a five star hotel, lots of juggling, …

    • bunny is my hero

      Mood June 13, 2008 4:25pm

      my cat is my hero!!

       

      he just saved a young frightened kitten who climbed to the top of a tall tree by our house and was crying and …
    • Started a training program

      Mood June 10, 2008 2:17am

      ...at the gym so now have someone working with me on cardio, strength training, stretching.  Also did the full analysis, metabolism is low, I …

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      From MoinSac July 15

      I have been off line for a long time. I am starting up with a new psychiatrist so I will probably be journaling again. I looked on skype for you this weekend but no see...

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      From BuJsm June 20

      hugs for u my friend

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      From FairySchool June 15

      "You're only too old to become a fakey teen pop sensation" - I love it. That's exactly what she needed to hear ! =] x

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      From Samadian June 15

      Thanks a lot. Much, much appreciated. I see you are a dog lover too! I have two cats and a dog. I'm warming up to cats day by day.

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      From NoAlias June 6

      thank you.

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  • Goals

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    Goal End Date is Sep 10, 08 47 more days.
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  • Support Groups

    • Close Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Friend

      my soulmate and best friend of 12 years died in 1994 at the age of 30. i am an author and now writing a book about our friendship

    • Close Multiple Personalities

      Professional author SO of DID person soulmate/best friend 12 yrs. Shared dysfunctional childhds w/alcoholic fathers (hers more damaging, incest). B4 she died in 1994 asked me to write psychohistory, legal release to therapy notes. Writing book hope to establish my kinship w/ & empathy for children of alcoholics, incest survivors, multiples, their loved ones. Empathize w/frustrating controversial diagnosis, difficult-to-manage condition & chronic, overwhelming trauma intended to buffer.

    • Open Families & Friends Of Addicts

      child of an alcoholic, grandchild of 2 alcoholics (who i never met but who sure screwed up my father). also have dated addicts, disastrously, and have friends who struggled with drugs and alcohol altho i try not to spend much time with them anymore. in my 20s was surrounded by addicts, letting people drive me places when they were drunk, etc. my tolerance for it is much lower now.

      Treatments

      Al-Anon Working / Worked
      Adult Children of Alcoholics - 2 years, helped tremendously to recognize the patterns of a dysfunctional family and para-alcoholic behaviors in myself.
      Patience Not Working
      at least 20 years' worth, can't recommend it...and wonder why DS would offer patience as a 'treament', it's tantamount to accepting whatever crap the addict sends your way
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Talking Working / Worked
      Writing Working / Worked
      hoo boy, writing a book about it now
    • Open Codependency

      child of an alcoholic/dry drunk, rageaholic

      Treatments

      12 Step Program Working / Worked
      adult children of alcoholics, 2 years of meetings and being a leader in the group for a year, wonderful revelations about the dynamics of family dysfunction
      Pets Working / Worked
      having a loving pet to love balances my need for love and keeps the belly soft to expressing love for others
      Reading Working / Worked
      momentous books have gotten me through times i might have behaved codependently
      Talking Working / Worked
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      Professional author, child of an alcoholic, grandchild of 2 alcoholics (who I never met but who sure screwed up my father who was like a drill sergeant or a pasha clapping his hands for his slave girls to line up). Writing book about my best friend who shared my dysfunctional childhood (hers more damaging, incest).

      Treatments

      Art Working / Worked
      Divorce Working / Worked
      Until I got enough help to make good relationship choices, I involved myself with the wrong people
      Forgiveness Too Soon to Tell
      I keep trying to reestablish relationships with parents, sometimes after 7 years of silence
      Group Therapy Working / Worked
      ACOA (adult children of alcoholics), useful to see in what way my condition is textbook
      Leave Working / Worked
      Would recommend it to anyone, a new perspective, and a chance to change your environment
      Music Working / Worked
      Psychotherapy Working / Worked
      Cognitive behavioralist, Jungian psychologist, social worker. All were good for different approaches.
      Talking Working / Worked
    • Open Sexual Abuse

      Professional author, child of a physically and emotionally abusive alcoholic. Writing book about my (now deceased) best friend who shared my dysfunctional childhood and who was in addition an incest survivor. I hope to better understand what she was going thru.

    • Open TMJ

      Treatments

      CranioSacral Therapy Working / Worked
      had a fantastic chiropractor who specialized in this, he'd massage the inside of my cheeks. there was a tendon there so tight it felt like a string of dental floss!
      Mouthguard Somewhat Helpful
      the cheap soft flat rubber worked better than the hard plastic that a dentist fit over my teeth. a turn off tho for bedmate.
      Acupuncture Somewhat Helpful
      freaked me out tho since too many needles within my peripheral vision
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