tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post7016514510565814417..comments2023-04-01T12:48:21.462-07:00Comments on The Briar Patch: The Universe is Full of IronyBriarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-80120870164118970532011-05-02T17:49:35.823-07:002011-05-02T17:49:35.823-07:00I just got in the mail the book "Your Sexuall...I just got in the mail the book "Your Sexually Addicted Spouse" by Barbara Steffens and Marsha Means where they present the PTSD model and how to heal. I'm already halfway through!Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-50573717677253768432011-05-02T15:22:26.155-07:002011-05-02T15:22:26.155-07:00It was this this blog, but she seems to have taken...It was this <a href="http://howtoliveonearth.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">this blog</a>, but she seems to have taken down/out a lot of the personal stuff and left just the non-descript, general information.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-59300179637314935212011-05-02T15:12:09.574-07:002011-05-02T15:12:09.574-07:00Trust me, I know that you're form of writing i...Trust me, I know that you're form of writing is just a way to handle things and I know that all of this is painful for you. <br /><br />Someone, I would have to find her, went through a very PTSD group therapy and blogged about it in great detail and it sounded so therapeutic (more therapeutic than any therapy I've ever had). <br /><br />I think you are suffering from PTSD, I think I am, Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-83424350392550343432011-04-29T09:22:00.936-07:002011-04-29T09:22:00.936-07:00Also, my internal response is what tells me that I...Also, my internal response is what tells me that I'm suffering from some form of PTSD. When I realized who she was I was having trouble breathing, I felt sick to my stomach (couldn't even drink the nice tangerine-ginger iced tea I had treated myself to), and was pretty sure I might cry right there in front of all those happy cafe-goers. I may write in a comedic way to cope, but these Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-24989043870178075372011-04-29T08:51:18.456-07:002011-04-29T08:51:18.456-07:00Talk about triggering! I'm sitting there tryin...Talk about triggering! I'm sitting there trying to relive pretty traumatic memories through writing, and then I realize this woman is there, just one table over, who was on Roi's call list for when we would have a break up. Break ups, by the way, which often seemed to happen when he was acting out a lot. I've long felt those break ups were his way of being able to act out but feel Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-12852815424147684202011-04-29T08:18:35.659-07:002011-04-29T08:18:35.659-07:00Speaking of books and irony....
Sometimes I think...Speaking of books and irony....<br /><br />Sometimes I think that when I get to heaven, I will get to sit down with a book and read my life story, but from a really creative author's take on it. So, I will get to see the ironic twists of fate and the red herrings and what the other main characters are doing as the plot develops. <br /><br />Crazy. I'm glad I wasn't there.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.com