Discovery Journal

Three Roses · June 11, 2020, 05:31:54 PM

It's coming up in about a half hour. We'll see what transpires. No matter what, there's a lesson here for me somewhere. How to speak up peacefully? How to let comments from unhelpful people roll off my back?

Snowdrop · June 11, 2020, 05:41:11 PM

I've been thinking about you today, 3R. I can imagine how upsetting it must have been to talk about your sibling, and then to get that response. It makes my mind go

.

I hope it goes well today.

Hope67 · June 11, 2020, 05:57:58 PM

Dear Three Roses,
I am thinking of you, and sending you support and a hug

Hope

Three Roses · June 11, 2020, 10:32:51 PM

It was fine. Thanks for all the support you guys.

Three Roses · June 12, 2020, 03:23:06 PM

So, yesterday's meeting went well, the other person was not there. I was very withdrawn during and after tho, and only this morning do I feel capable of conversation. But now I have that odd feeling that when I talk, I don't know who is talking, and I don't feel like it's "me".

Blueberry · June 12, 2020, 05:44:55 PM

Snowdrop · June 12, 2020, 06:24:18 PM

Hugs to you, 3R.

Hope67 · June 12, 2020, 07:34:48 PM

Hope

Jazzy · June 13, 2020, 03:01:15 AM

Hope you feel better soon!

Tee · June 24, 2020, 03:35:12 PM

3R I Hope you feel better soon my friend sending you hugs! Of reassurance that you're not alone!

Three Roses · June 24, 2020, 06:46:22 PM

Thanks, all - the past week or so I have been feeling much better! Today I have a headache but my mood is still positive.

Thanks for all the well-wishes!

woodsgnome · June 24, 2020, 08:22:19 PM

Here's to more short, sweet, better feelings and positives -- you've deserved them, and here's wishes for many more ...

Blueberry · June 27, 2020, 08:49:41 PM

Three Roses · July 08, 2020, 08:09:27 PM

Still on an upswing - I do think the Zoom meetings are helping me, even with the unpleasant comment I mentioned above, and a subsequent kerfuffle (I love that word) that managed to trigger EVERYONE in the group. But we all discussed it rationally at the next meeting two days later, and I've learned that I can experience unpleasantness, and get through it. I should say, I've relearned this, as I used to be better at it at one point in my life.

With these meetings and IFS therapy I finally feel my feet on solid ground. Crossing my fingers it lasts!

Not Alone · July 08, 2020, 09:06:29 PM

Quote from: Three Roses on July 08, 2020, 08:09:27 PM
With these meetings and IFS therapy I finally feel my feet on solid ground. Crossing my fingers it lasts!

Glad to hear that you feel the earth firmly beneath your feet.

Quote from: Three Roses on July 08, 2020, 08:09:27 PM
I've learned that I can experience unpleasantness, and get through it.

So important to know and to keep experiencing. That is something most of us didn't learn &/or experience in childhood. It says a lot about the zoom group that the comment was dealt with and not ignored.

Thanks for the new word! I looked "kerfuffle" up in the dictionary (online).