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How am I feeling today?
Just to warn you, there will be no logical sequence to this. Also, some of what I am about to say will be completely contradictory. I am deliberately allowing my train of thought dictate what i put in this post, because that has worked well for me in the past. So, I don't expect one reply. I'm using this facility to help me today. Here it is anyway. I feel:
-a little tired after going for a wee cycle - the wind today literally takes your breath away;
-glad I went for a wee cycle! I love being outside;
-glad I went to group. I felt a sense of solidarity, particularly given the topic we ended up spending a bit of time on: the grip that behaviours can maintain, if we do not push push push toward our goals, and thus render behaviours useless and pointless;
-guilty about spending time typing this post. There are other things I 'should' be doing;
-happy with myself for posting this anyway;
-peaceful in the quiet of my house. I realise I am so lucky to have a safe, relatively quiet home;
-excited, in the back of mind, at the prospect of moving out;
-apprehensive about the summer, becasue that is when I plan to do so, and I am worried about the financial side of it. Should I work for part of the summer or should I take a break, as I have not done in full since I was in school? The fact that this is preying on my mind irritates me. I should be able to shelve it, or deal with it, not ruminate;
-anxious to spend the Easter holidays wisely. To mix relaxation with the work I need to do, and most importantly, to try and bring the language of freedom into everything I do;
-a little bit sad at my own weakness. If I were stronger I wouldn't need to post this list, and I woudn't feel a lot of what's on it in the first place;
-grateful for at least having Iceberg, so that I'm not keeping it all in my head;
-upset at myself for not recovering sooner. I can't believe I still need to use a resource like this. Why not have pushed distorted thinking out of my life sooner?
-like being kinder to myself than I have just been. Questions like that will get me nowhere. I feel like drawing on the wisdom I've had passed onto me and letting myself move on, instead of looking back;
-reassured now. I know I havce the answers within me;
-a little bit proud of myself for coming to that conclusion;
-excited about hearing the wisdom and realisations those who are away on the intensive might return with.
Well I benefitted from that a least. I'm genuinely sorry if you didn't. But maybe you did!
Anyway, one thing that stood out from last night's group was that we can only take care of our own corner. So I'm doing my best her!
All the best to you in taking care of your corner today,
Michelle x










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Hi michelle I'm on d air
Hi michelle I'm on d air couch checking up on ice berg after incredible intensive wk I'll put long post up this ev wit all d learnings..I just wan2 say ur post us fantastic huge learnings 4 yourself towards end answering ur own stuff, see we really fo hav d answers within us and it's about trusting our own gut, our own bodies, that fire on ur belly, go easy on yourself I learnt this wk how hard everyone is on themselves we all r unique & hav diff paths, d doubt is ed voice & when u contradict this it's ur voice, I go girl ur a fighter and a winner in my eyes
love cara xxx
Michelle 1 - ED 0
Michelle 1 - ED 0...
I love this!!!
Great and go for it, yey!!!!
love,
xxx Robin xxx
~~ "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over...it became a butterfly..." ~~
Freedom of expression
Hi Michelle,
I have to just say I love the way you have so freely expressed your mental meanderings in this post without censorship. It's something I get very caught up in - editing every written word to death as if I was trying to submit it as a work of literary genius, thinking critically about every phase and it's appropriateness (my god I'll let that one go even if it isn't a real word!) for the expected audience. But as you say you can only look after your own corner!
Also it's a big step, moving out, so I think you are fully justified in being a little anxious, it's natural you would be!
Donna
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful
Michelle I just absolutely LOVE your absolutely no nonsense approach to absolutely everything. I find your hilarious and witty and your practicality is sooooooo sooooooooo soooooooo motivating it is a bridge of trust for me when I am just starting to trust 'life' myself.
This post is really, really cool.
Beating yourself up for still having to use a resource like this - maybe if you are depending on it, but you aren't you are simply using it, think of all the people without an ed or any distress that have negative or distorted thinking and that will never do anything about it, even when you are fully recovered, which seems extremely soon from where I'm standing, you will still need to control and formulate your thoughts - you think therefore you are - you will think until you are 6 feet under - so if you being smart enough to use a resource like this to formulate and straighten your thoughts out sooner rather than later is a sin then daliancing with negative thinking and rumination must be an admirable trait....? Lots of fully recovered people 'use' this site and your sharing helps over 140 people every day....
I intend to be fully free but that won't stop me learning in life and living life and helping others like you say and in continuing to live that will mean posting here too.
I really like how you posted this - I felt like I was in your mind - embrace yourself and all your myriad of traits Michelle - you are an explosion and concoction of uniqueness and brilliance - your wit and your practicality - your eloquence and your articulation - your wise head and your zest for life with your basket ball playing!!!!
How exciting moving out - me too!!! I, personally need a break and will find a way to finance it and get myself going but not break my back either, I'm done breaking my back, I support my back now instead.
Go for gold Michelle - you are just super x x x
Joy
I love your reply as much as you love my post!
Thank you Joy:)
I'm taking two very important concepts from your generous, motivating reply:
"I intend to be fully free but that won't stop me learning", and
"I'm done breaking my back, I support my back now instead".
You're a great inspiration Joy.
And just to update on my day - it got busy and it was simply no longer practical for me to keep thinking about behaviours, so I didn't. That felt good.
Michelle 1 - ED 0.
Keep up the good work Joy,
I'll do my best to do the same,
Michelle x