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Don't stop talking!

I'm reading your posts, and its important to open up and expose what is inside of us to others. It's absolutely necessary for our healing.

"No one heals in isolation"

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It's okay with me (and most of us).

There's no judgment here. We all work through this in our own unique ways.

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Hi Life.

You sound in trouble. I guess the good news is you don't have the power to infect anyone elses thoughts wsith bcraziness.

The bad news is,you are infecting yourself with craziness. When my mind attacks me, it is like a hamster wheel, spinning without any controll. It some times is not only telling me what I am experiencing isn't real, but how I can prove it, and why it must be real, AND how I can fix it, and why that won't weork, etc. etc.

It took me many years to learn how to calm down and stop the wheel from spinning. When I learned to bresathe and meditate I could stop. I could let it all go, I could recenter myself so I did not have to feed my paranoia and defend myself. I could remember that it is todAY. What I am reacting to is my response to what has already happened.

It is not today, I can be alright.

To tell you you are not alone may be all I can do to help. To tell you how this overwhelming feeling of disconnection is experfienced by another on the same journey may give you are stonger sense that it will pass. It has for me. But, it still comes back from time to time. And I have been dealing with it for 25 years.

MAY God bless you and keep you may his countenance come upon you and grant you peace.

LAD -

i've missed you. sorry about the tough times recently but - you actually sound more like your old self again. i'm glad you are going for the EMDR. hope that helps. please keep us updated on how it is going. i'll be awaiting eagerly for good results - have heard positive things from others.

Lee

Hey ((((Life))),
please talk and share with us more.
You are not alone, you have many friends here who love you!
I'm praying for you buddy!

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I can remember incident with landlord one year ago if I'm right Life? Couple of us were really worrying than, hopefully everything was alright at the end.
Please share with us more, we are here for you. Don't be scared of EMDR, you are terrible nice person and I like you a lot and I truly believe that everything will be alright !

((((LAD))))

Good to see you posting in the forum. We're all here helping each other. My first EMDR intake session went OK. Back again on the 4th.

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I spent a night in central booking in Manhattan one August night in 2002. Arresting officers *claimed* I was in possession of marijuana. (The charges were dismissed)

Spent a rowdy Friday night in the drunk tank in lower Manhattan known as "The Tombs." Not a good time, but in retrospect, an interesting memory. I had a good conversation with these two young Jamaican brothers who said things like, "Yeah, we was out robbing people, but we didn't rob *THAT* guy, the guy they said we did."

Lucky for me, I have avoided DUI's and alcohol-related coping.

((((LAD)))) Merry Christmas, brother. I'm worried about you, and hope you are reaching out to find some support. Sounds like a tough time for you, and we want you to be safe.

Cant