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Stress

08 March 2013
Posted by loimprevisto  
I just got promoted at work and am trying to settle into a new job with greater responsibilities. In therapy I have begun to uncover new, disturbing memories. My wife is 5,000 miles away, trying to help my mother (who needs detox/rehab and is taking care of my 97 year old grandfather). Things are going poorly. My cousin is also there- mooching...
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Masks

15 February 2013
Posted by loimprevisto  
Today's session was spent talking about stepping out of my "mask"... how it has felt to open a door and be honest with myself about something that I haven't been honest about before. It's felt very liberating, but in a lot of ways I also feel vulnerable and exposed. We talked about when I first began wearing my mask, how and...
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Raw

13 February 2013
Posted by loimprevisto  
I talked to my therapist about a big secret... something that I thought I would never share with another person. It took me a long time to get it out... there were a lot of false starts and about half an hour of mostly silence where I alternated between hyperventalting and shaking and taking deep breaths and trying to force it out. Several times I...
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Memories

10 February 2013
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I'm writing this to help me understand and process various memories. Many of them are very private and potentially disturbing... I'm not sure what I'll end up writing about but I'm not filtering myself here so take care. I believe in the value of...
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