tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post5659525535093418293..comments2023-04-01T12:48:21.462-07:00Comments on The Briar Patch: "These Sentences are How I Solve the Problem of Myself"Briarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-65064687861342064112011-05-09T09:15:46.941-07:002011-05-09T09:15:46.941-07:00Gentle Path - I agree, it is very important to hav...Gentle Path - I agree, it is very important to have a network of people you can rely on to help you put things in perspective. For me, I have found what I need more in two pivotal books: Your Sexually Addicted Spouse which acknowledges and addresses the trauma aspect of discovery/disclosure, and Women Who Run With the Wolves which addresses the deep psyche patterns that can be made sick when the Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-1853598816947588632011-05-08T06:10:31.484-07:002011-05-08T06:10:31.484-07:00Crazy making is so debilitating. One of the reason...Crazy making is so debilitating. One of the reasons my recovery community is so important to me is that I depend on their feedback to help me decide whether I'm seeing what really is or whether I'm projecting or misinterpreting. <br /><br />That's not to say that I accept all feedback as more valid than my own observations, just that I think we all need reality checks from people we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-53453037570618479302011-05-06T17:23:09.664-07:002011-05-06T17:23:09.664-07:00And I struggle with watching women writhe in confu...And I struggle with watching women writhe in confusion and pain as the world refuses to validate what their soul's know to be true. This pain is perhaps much greater, much more insidious, and ultimately more harmful than the initial wounds. <br /><br />I've no doubt you will find your way, and I don't think it will be through a summer hobby (forgive me for saying so), but through Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-24387491037287056242011-05-06T17:17:30.238-07:002011-05-06T17:17:30.238-07:00BTW, before I even saw your comment, I checked and...BTW, before I even saw your comment, I checked and my library does have a copy of this book. I'm going to check it out tomorrow.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-38673065194243291722011-05-06T17:15:14.378-07:002011-05-06T17:15:14.378-07:00I've been searching for the right word since t...I've been searching for the right word since the middle of the afternoon to describe how that last paragraph made me feel. <br /><br />I think I finally found it. This last paragraph, especially, made me feel validated. <br /><br />I wish someone had once, just once, said to me...of course that is what you are going through. It makes perfect sense, read this paragraph, see?...then I would Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.com