Permission to feel

Interesting how Lilly needs to write again about feeling all feelings including peaceful ones.  For me I needed permission to feel angry, sad, and all the ‘negative’ emotions.  Without the ‘negative’ emotions, I did not recognize feeling peace when it did come.  It got smothered along with all the other emotions.  My first counselor recognized…

What a week

I go along doing fairly well then life throws in a plot twist and I am scrambling to keep my head above water again.  I am noticing that with more coping techniques I do better.  This week I strove for acceptance of others.  Some one cheered me on saying that she hoped things were better. …