Full Recovery

feeling down

Submitted by Brat on Sun, 05/02/2012 - 00:01

Hello Everyone,

Dirty dancing!!!

Submitted by T on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 10:37

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share that I went to see a fabulous musical a few nights ago- dirty dancing- and it blew me away! If you are in any way a lover of dance, music and a bit of eye candy you would thoroughly enjoy this show. I strongly recommend it for those of us at a later stage especially as the forms and figures and their abilities are incredible. It makes you think what energy they require for such intensity but how fit and fabulous they all look.

Honesty, honesty, honesty...

Submitted by Michelle on Sun, 29/01/2012 - 20:15

Honesty is just vital.

It's absolutely non-negotiable; it's totally and utterly essential that I am fully frank with myself.
As much as I possibly can be.
About the tricky things.
About the challenges I'd rather not face up to.
About the areas of recovery that I'm reluctant to even acknowledge the need to face up to.

I will make it to the place I want to be, and deserve to be, IF I am unflinchingly honest with myself.
I know what this means.
I know what a half-baked version of it looks like.

Emotional

Submitted by Amelia Rosebud on Sat, 28/01/2012 - 14:00

Hello,

Health and Work

Submitted by Amelia Rosebud on Wed, 25/01/2012 - 12:07

Hello,

I wanted to post last night as had so much I needed to get out, but it was late and I knew I needed rest so I did what Patricia once said to me about worries, hang them on a mental tree for the night and pick them up in the morning, which is what I did. Anyway, I was feeling kinda lost and confused so I thought I would post and see if anyone felt anything similar or am I just an over reactor.

Weekends

Submitted by mystique on Sun, 22/01/2012 - 14:02

When I was in the condition, I used to find weekends so hard - been out of routine, and more time on my hands than I was able to manage. Anyway, now I cherish my weekends. I am on the train at 6.30am every morning for work, and most evenings during the week tend to have something on - whether that is meeting a friend for a coffee, going to a yoga class, even buying some groceries for the week ahead (I tend to buy enough for a few days, rather than the full week, as having had back issues in the past, feel it is better to be carrying a lighter load).

Balance and Perfectionisim

Submitted by Amelia Rosebud on Fri, 20/01/2012 - 13:29

Hi All,

Learning as I go...

Submitted by mystique on Sun, 08/01/2012 - 18:18

With my mum's illness, I have become very aware of the invisible cord which connects us to each other. In a way, it feels as if I am hanging on. She may be my mum, but now with mum's illness, there is a definite role reversal happening. Mum asking me for reassurance, and I know this is all part of the process of what happens when something like this happens. I am threading the water in previously unchartered waters. It is unfamiliar, and each step I am learning how to be. There are ups and downs, and this new chapter in my life, is certainly about learning as I go.

starting from where I am

Submitted by angel rose on Sat, 07/01/2012 - 21:33

So ive been browsing iceberg throughout the evening and ive just realised im so grateful for it. ive been on it before a few times but honestly have felt that it wasnt for me, that i wasnt in the same catagory as the rest of the users, that I was more recovered than those who were posting. So basically i was totally judging iceberg without looking at myself at all.

Reiki and Emotions

Submitted by mystique on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 19:59

I had a reiki appointment on Wednesday evening, which was exactly what I needed. The person I go to in Blackrock is a fantastic healer, and over the time I have gone to her for reiki sessions, I get something new out of it each time. Anyway, with everything that is going on with me emotionally around my mum's illness was exactly what was needed. There are some days where I feel stronger than others, but will take time to find my firm footing again, as is quite recent, and still trying to get my head around it, to be honest.