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Over the past month or so I have seen a new therapist and today we started EMDR. A tactic that is suppose to help with my PTSD. I am still skeptical but I think there might be something to some of it. Anyway, I am in the process of really trying to get over the rape. I feel like I have been going through the motions of healing for the last 19...
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It has been an incredibly long time since I posted an entry. I have no reason for this so I will not give an excuse. :blush:/> The last few months have been tough when it comes to the PTSD due to the rape. I am more sensitive to triggers, my depression is a roller coaster - loops and all, and my self-esteem and confidence tanks are on empty. I...
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Weird Day

06 March 2009
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Sometimes you're the fan and sometimes you're the crap. Either way wear rubber because it is going to get messy. That is the kind of day I had.

First, I woke up with what I think is the Flu. (it is either that or I am pregnant)
Second, I heard from an old boss (that I hated working for) I was laid off two years ago. He needed a favor,...
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My Non-Productive Side

16 February 2009
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Like many people I was laid off about two years ago, there were not many jobs at my skill or pay level so I decided to finish my degree while I worked on the job hunt. So, far things have gone pretty well.

I am working on two classes at the moment and they are not hard. I am just having a hard time focusing in on doing them. I am letting myself...
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Big Trouble in a Small Town

03 February 2009
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I grew up in one of the biggest cities in the world and I now live in a town of about 2,500 people. Most days I love the security of living in the middle of nowhere, but not today. My "r" was in 1991, when I was 13, in a state that is 3,000 miles away. I volunteer for the local "r" crisis center. I think this helps me more than...
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It has been awhile since I have posted a blog entry. As some of you know I had a heart attack over the summer. My health is improving and without violating Pandy's policy about #s and weight I am pleased to report that my dieting and total health and lifestyle change is progressing well. Everyday I am getting physically stronger. I am still...
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As some of you may know, I have been having a lot of health problems lately and have not been as active on pandy's. Unfortunately, this morning I had a heart attack and I am currently in the hospital, awaiting more tests. The IVs are hard to navigate so my mom is typing this for me.

I am posting this so that people will not think that I am...
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The grandmother that I wrote about in yesterday's post will not be facing charges. Not because she did not break the law, because she did. (what she did was wrong and I do not want anyone to read this and think that violence is the way to go).

Her son will not sign the forms to press domestic charges, he said that he fell down the basement...
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Some of you may remember that I give lectures to various groups about my story. Today started like any other day. I woke up looked at my treadmill and decided that I would just have to be fat for a couple more hours, because there was no way I was getting on that thing at 5:30 in the morning.

Anyway, I got dressed (I never wear a suit to give a...
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Those of you that have talked to me in chat may recall that I was laid-off about 16 months ago. I have since gone back to college. The job market where I live is for sh*t. My passion is writing and I have been published but it has never been enough to be a primary income. (maybe someday)

Well I had to quit T today because I can no longer afford...
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I am so scattered today. Everything is changing and I just cannot seem to get a handle on things. About 15 months ago I lost a job that I had for almost 8 years. The office I worked for shutdown. This is the first time since I was 15 that I have been out of work.

I have gone back to College and that keeps me busy. But the down time and the alone...
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The Way It All Went Down

07 April 2008
Posted by heaeliper  
:blush:/> :trigger:/> :trigger:/>

In the fall of 1991, I was playing at the school across the street from my apartment. I was thirteen and a freshmen in high school (of course I knew everything by then-lol). My first love was with me and some other kids we were playing with. His 18 year old cousin (we'll call MAX) had just started...
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