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thanks Jaz getting there.... slowly.
lots of rest. no choice in the matter, a good excuse to do nothing!
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 24, 2006 at 1:24 PM
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Marie-Cliare--- Short and sharp. Your talent shows when you write
this way. Hope that you're moving toward feeling better.
posted by
Jazwolf
on August 24, 2006 at 6:40 AM
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I Know Taps, it came across that way at first glance but I do know what you
mean, no offence taken whatsoever. You talk about suicide, well I know the destructive power of the mind first hand, I am a survivor of my son's suicide, there must have been many warheads firing in his tormented mind. I know torment and I also know the peace of God, I have experienced both in the extreme, from despair to blissful peace. So I know.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 23, 2006 at 1:26 PM
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marieclaire, I did not mean to infer that you are like them. The lockdown unit is for people who have tried to kill someone or have tried to commit suicide. We all have our battles of the mind at times and most of us come out on top of the situations. As far as "normal"--I'm not sure there is such a thing. For me, it is my communion with God that brings peace in times of troubled mind.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 23, 2006 at 1:20 PM
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thank you all. taps, does my comment remind me of your patients comments?
I hope i am not like them, but I do have an understanding of the mind and its power to build or destroy. How do you descrive normality? When I am in the throes of torment it feels as though I am going mad, but of course I am not, but it can be so scary. Something beyond the mind keeps us sane, it is quite a mystery really.
posted by
marieclaire66
on August 23, 2006 at 1:05 PM
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Short
But very much to the point I think that way a lot good job
posted by
Kat02
on August 23, 2006 at 11:01 AM
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MarieClaire, I can't believe I just addressed the last comment to Troosha. Sorry about that.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 23, 2006 at 10:54 AM
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Troosha, Very real. It is a vivid reminder of my first day as nurse in a psychiatric lockdown unit and my first attempts at communicative therapy there. After all these years, I can still see those faces and remember things they said.
posted by
TAPS.
on August 23, 2006 at 10:52 AM
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Sometimes sharp and to the point is the way to go
I thought this was great - and real.
posted by
Troosha
on August 23, 2006 at 8:29 AM
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Wonderful thought provoking words. .
posted by
afzal50
on August 23, 2006 at 5:33 AM
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A powerful short burst of emotion
Reminding me of restless, sleepless nights. When I need the sleep but my thoughts keep knocking on the door of my minds eye. I awake in mood of your excellent poem. Well wrote. Mike
posted by
lionladroar
on August 23, 2006 at 4:10 AM
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posted by
syzygy
on August 23, 2006 at 3:09 AM
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