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  • Today was hard. Rejection

    Kate

    Today was hard. I was rejected twice. But first, my therapy session: I restarted journalling late last night. I restarted journalling and then I restarted my attempt at daily blogging. Truthfully, I don’t want to share today. Why? Probably shame. Last night when I was writing in my journal, I first admitted that I had… Read more

  • How do you help someone who doesn’t want to be helped?

    Kate

    You can’t. ~~~ Life is a funny bastard. Sometimes funny-haha, sometimes just cruel. Guess it depends on where you’re standing. If you’re zoomed out, or right up close. My friend’s Mum tried to kill herself on Monday. That’s a lot. It’s a very confusing mix of emotions. The ‘how could she!?’ pleas for answers. She… Read more

  • Oh, I’ve dealt with that. Moving on:

    Kate

    Whenever someone says to me ‘Oh, I’ve dealt with that’ I don’t believe them. I’ve said that to myself many times and the further I get down the road on this healing journey, the most I realise I have not dealt with it either. The statement isn’t a lie. We have dealt with things as… Read more

  • Why do I avoid myself?

    Kate

    Intimacy noun close familiarity or friendship; closeness. Latin Root: “Intimus” means “inmost, innermost, deepest”.  My ‘Word of the Year’ for last year was ‘intimacy’. It became glaringly obvious to me that I struggled with closeness of other people. I am a great organiser of events and get togethers, because of my struggle with intimacy. I… Read more