Posted by Partlycloudy on August 13, 2008, at 9:21:08
In reply to Re: Incorrect book link above » Partlycloudy, posted by susan47 on August 12, 2008, at 20:21:41
> Partly Cloudy, can you post a link to one of this author's books? Byron Katie? What type of writing?
Hi there, Susan. First, here's a link to one of Byron Katie's books: "Loving What Is", which my therapist and I have been working with for over a year now after I had read and absorbed it. Her website has quite a few YouTube videos of "The Work", as it's called, put into practice.
As for how I'm doing - well, changing my name back to PartlyCloudy from ClearSkies might seem like a little bit of administrative hemming and hawing on my part, but I'm really not as well as I've been in the past. Have some major life stressors (well, major to ME) that I've been dealing with this year, and recently it all felt like it came to a critical mass with me. I became more depressed and much more anxious; my appetite dropped off, and it took me a while to bring this issues to the attentions of my pdoc and then my therapist. Who was glad that I hadn't fired her (because she didn't pick up on the angst I was feeling, nor the weight loss). But we all know how well we can cover up our illnesses, and I was pretty determined for a long time to keep showing outward progress, even as I was crumbling within.
I tried to leave Babble, and found that I didn't really want to. I'm too interested in and concerned about my fellow Babblers to be able to walk away right now.
But everything, lately, feels like a defeat to me. Changing my name back to a less sunny weather report. Returning to Babble when I had decided it was time for me to leave. Going away for a few days with a friend, which should have felt like the good thing for myself that it was, felt instead like I was trying to run away from home and my inconsequential problems.
So that's me right now.
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