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Recent content by ra49

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    A to Z WORDS that END in the letters 'ED'

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    Just to say Hello and Happy New Year!

    Is the word peripatetic? People like me who come and go? Online is the first thing I drop when life gets busy ;) Anyway: hello my friends, it is nice to be comfortable here with you One year and 5 days since moving from the city to the country. Absolutely love it here and glad we came. 2...
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    AA sucks.

    I don't know if this will help, but in every region there is a central AA administrative office. Without outing anyone in the group that you already attended, you could approach the central office to ask if there is a local group that specifically helps people with your history Having been...
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    List just one thing you did today

    :) dug a hole in the yard I have wanted for a year, to set a cinderblock in, for the big flowerpot to sit on, to make it easier for my husband when he cuts the grass Much easier in the early morning before my energy fades
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    Current music/song obsession

    We watched Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid last week The instrumental playing in background has been running in my mind every since Not start to finish, but bits and pieces here and there, whenever my mind settles down
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    I am realizing that I could have PDA

    Demand Avoidance also doesn't have to be at the level of Pathological to really cause problems in our daily lives I found these really helpful to understand how I do or don't process
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    What was the last thing you cooked?

    Ricotta works, I have used it
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    Just to say good morning to everyone, it is a while since i have been here to visit ;)

    Just to say good morning to everyone, it is a while since i have been here to visit ;)
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    Hi, I'm Judi. I recently found out I am autistic and would like to ask if anyone has experienced rare reactions to foreign objects in the body?

    Agree: I have titanium clips from gallbladder removal, and they are always there
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    So I finally heard back from the psychologist about an assessment

    Diagnosis is to me a tangled blessing: on the one hand, after 67 years of oddity, confirmation is clarifying; on the other hand, once the diagnosis is there, anyone in any position or capacity will pigeonhole me according to their own concept of the diagnosis, not by my expression and experience...
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    How do you deal with anxiety

    Most of what we did as kids is horrifying to our grandchildren who are now becoming parents. We had freedoms that our little greats cannot imagine. Mom would put us out on Saturday after breakfast and say don't come back til dinnertime. We had bikes and 18 kids on our block with the same...
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    I Want To Hope Again

    ;) I flunked poetry flat in 9th grade English class because I can't hear or feel the rhythm, but poetry has really helped me thru some difficult times over the years. Hope this poem helps you, one of my favorites.
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    I Want To Hope Again

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    Hiding it with alcohol?

    Oh honey (insert broken heart here) So glad you are doing better But it will be a long walk back Cannot remember where you are on the spectrum of Faith, but Sabbath/Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest by Wayne Muller may help Time is the most precious thing that we let slip away because we are...
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    What made you sad today?

    Sad is not a big enough word: HeartBreaking is better But I have to put this someplace outside my mind and heart *** Serious Trigger Warning if you are a dog lover or a PETA member, please stop now *** and please nobody say we should do this or that, because we have already tried everything...
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