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Getting UP to Zero… a cliff note survival story…
At the age of 12, I felt unwanted in my family. I decided I needed to run away from home and find another place to live. At first I moved in with other families of kids I barely knew. I quickly learned what kind of people take in runaways without contacting other appropriate adults. …
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Survivor: Faith
Having been traumatized by chronic abuse, my healing required countless and various types of therapeutic treatments in order to achieve the level of health, for which I now both enjoy and feel profoundly grateful. There are many paths through and out of the dark “forest”, what I call the emotionally challenging times in life. …
Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum- Captain wanted to Kill Me
I keep thinking I want to write about “The Captain”, but in the next thought, I don’t know if I can. I don’t remember a lot of it. I can’t seem to write anything else right now, so I guess I need to do this. Fine. I’ll try and see what happens, but first …
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Fire Walking
The boxed set holder of books on cassette tape from the library was HUGE; the size of those fat yellow pages…like the ones I used to sit on so that I could see over the steering wheel to drive. After listening to the first tape, I was hooked. I was so drawn into the stories …
The Journey to Body Acceptance
I was a born super star… Much like Mary Katherine Gallagher from SNL… (I even did a “suphah star” pose during one of my competitions~ But I was an awkward misfit, constantly bullied…I was very petite, next to the shortest person in the entire school but in private I loved to perform. Once …
Me – a survivor
My father used to call me Sarah Berhardt: Sarah Bernhardt October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage and early film actress. She was referred to as “the most famous actress the world has ever known”. Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, at …
Journey Through the Forest of Self-Healing
The journey through the dark forest of self-healing is just like any other journey…you have to be prepared for a very long adventure. Some of it is spectacular and surreal. At some of the lowest spits, it may cause you to question whether the breath you take to be alive is even worth it. This pendulum …
Welcome to CrazyVille…
Welcome to CrazyVille…(also known as the time in my life when all I could eat I was a turkey subway sandwich for breakfast, lunch and dinner). It’s all I could get down because of my panic… Today I bought a subway sandwich and ate it with absolutely no issue whatsoever. I’ve come a long way baby! …
Triggered at TSA
Have you ever been patted down all over by security? I thought I had been before. You know, an ankle here or there, but never a complete pat down. Wow. That was really intense for me, and I got emotional. I’m not sure why. I think it was because I was powerless. I mean, …
Surviving the Surviving
Each new day used to mean a new day to “survive the after effects of surviving.” I call it “surviving the surviving.” It took a very long time to train my brain to look at a new day, and frankly everything, in a new way. It doesn’t happen overnight or even after years of …
If You See Something… Say Something
Knowing when and how to “say something” is a learn-able skill. 1. We have to practice to get braver and better, like with any new skill. 2. At first we are probably going to suck at it and sound like an idiot, and then we will get a little better and only …