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I wish I was sad, then I wouldn’t feel so chaotic in the head. The members are all crawling over each other like puppies nudging up to the mama to nurse. I wish I could explain it all, but I can’t. There is so much resignation right now because we hurt so bad. We are […]
Read MoreThey took the duty of taking out the trash away from me. I was purging when I would take the trash out for this eating disorder treatment center. I have no explanation for myself. I can say I was working really hard on the rituals, i.e. lowering the amount of salt I use, not cutting […]
Read MoreI’ve been gone a while. Life is hectic. Even when there are no groups going on the mind keeps going like the Energizer bunny. It just doesn’t quit. It’s true though. Most of the therapy happens in the journals, the artwork, the secret blog that no one even reads but me. But that’s okay. I […]
Read MoreAssignment: I want to open up to my peers and share what is going on inside of me, but to open up to any of them scares me in more ways than I can enumerate. First, it opens me up to ridicule, derision, and the unfavorable opinion of others, not that that is what I […]
Read MoreI’m on my second cup of coffee. It is my only delight these days. I have many assignments to work on for therapy in this residential treatement. I mapped out my system’s members yesterday but am unhappy with the results. It doesn’t feel it adequately represents everyone in the system, probably because I don’t think […]
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