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I'm loving not hating fireworks! Sitting here in the safety and comfort of my home, fireworks going off all around the neighbourhood, ...

It's good to talk - right? Over and over again we are encouraged to talk if something is bothering us. "A problem shared is a problem...

I write a journal. I have an app on my phone and as thoughts pop into my head I jot them down.  I like writing, always have done ever...

I have a superpower - its called dissociation. Some of the things that happened to me, or that I witnessed, were so terrible that my...

I've recently made 2 big discoveries that have helped me keep my head more together. Like pretty much everyone during these long lockdown...

How are you feeling Fi? We've just passed the 38th anniversary of the aggressive military invasion of my peaceful home. I think we've...

Talking about my Falklands war experiences has given me the strength and courage to face other terrible incidents in my life. #MeToo It...

Sam: Get thd idea that he is actually in the room with you now. Me: Okaaay ... Sam: Where would he be sitting? Me: Errm, on that chair...

A few weeks ago I visited a tattoo salon! Tattoos have been a trigger for me for a very long time. They were somehow associated with pain...

Sam and I have never knowingly been in the same room at the same time. Yet we have met, face to face for hours and hours of therapy. We...

( picture: Sorrow by Paul Ruskin) I thought I had this healing from trauma thing sorted. I’ve attended many powerful therapy sessions....

My early impressions were that Sam has a strong poker face. I've mentioned it in my blogs before. I was very glad that he would sit there...

This week I've been surprised by laughter - from me! Carrying all those bad memories around for decades left me feeling big time gloomy....

Yesterday, during my therapy session, I had a totally new experience. Over the years, I've been around the block a few times with...

Amongst the pondering and processing of the huge issues that are whirling around in my therapy hungover head, I've been disciplining...

After the therapy session comes what I have been calling a “Therapy Hangover”. My talking therapy isn’t just talking, it is really hard...

On the day of the Invasion, 02 April 1982, Falklands Radio did an amazing job of keeping us all informed about how far the Argentines had...

For ages I haven't felt like blogging. Still don't, but writing the words down often gives some order to the muddle in my head. Telling...

(Photo: National Geographic) Some people make the 11 day trek to Everest base camp at 5,380 m. It is a tough expedition for very fit and...

but slowly improving, and learning along the way. Put simply: therapy sessions over the last 2 weeks have uncovered a horrendous incident...