Health

  • Survivors or Addicts?

    Recently, I had an email exchange with another survivor who had been spending some time in online forums for survivors, and running into a bit of a roadblock. Unfortunately, it was a roadblock I’ve seen in some online forums before, and is one I’ve the reasons I don’t spend that much time there any more….

  • Walking away

    Well, I took my own advice today. All that talk about knowing your limits and knowing when a relationship is demanding too much, made a lot of sense when it came to my volunteer commitments with the Friends of the Library. I realized that while I enjoyed the work I had done there, and was…

  • People and relationships

    Some thing that has been getting my attention lately is the various dynamics that take place in the course of any relationship. I think society covers these things in the case of romantic relationships in depth. You can’t turn on a TV, or look in a book store without seeing some things about romantic relationships, or…

  • Panic Attacks

    So I was talking to a friend recently who suffers from panic attacks. I had many questions about how she deals with them, what she does to try and avoid having them, etc. She said a couple of keys for her were trying to cut down stressors, getting exercise, even if it’s just walking with…

  • Happy New Year!

    Here’s hoping that 2007 is a great year full of healing and health for all of us. And thank you all for reading, and contributing to the survivor community on-line. 2006 was a great year, I look forward to more of the same in 2007!