Comments on: Twenty-three http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:22:38 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eva http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11411 Eva Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:24:08 +0000 http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/#comment-11411 My best friend experienced a very traumatic event 10 years ago (witnessed the world’s worst gun massacre by a single man. We may be a small place but by gosh we like to draw attention to ourselves here in Tasmania). She was assessed by a counsellor and awarded $10,000 for ‘mental anguish’ . Her husband was judged less messed up and given $5000. She jokes that if she had been assessed the day before the massacre she may well have been in the same state of mind. She’s not always the most balanced person in the world :) Not that I’m saying that your unbalanced! It’s just all relative… I think that you are doing a fabulous job and that you’re actually quite inspirational! My best friend experienced a very traumatic event 10 years ago (witnessed the world’s worst gun massacre by a single man. We may be a small place but by gosh we like to draw attention to ourselves here in Tasmania). She was assessed by a counsellor and awarded $10,000 for ‘mental anguish’ . Her husband was judged less messed up and given $5000.
She jokes that if she had been assessed the day before the massacre she may well have been in the same state of mind. She’s not always the most balanced person in the world :)
Not that I’m saying that your unbalanced! It’s just all relative…
I think that you are doing a fabulous job and that you’re actually quite inspirational!

]]> By: dandelion dust http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11396 dandelion dust Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:32:39 +0000 http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/#comment-11396 ((Hugs)) I hope you find your footing soon. I didn't have an accident, but alot of what you wrote sounds exactly what's going on in my head. I've had ALOT of changes and stuff going on this year. And what you said about your brain... my brain too. Exactly. You worded it well. Sometimes I think that I think too much, and I would probably be better off just not thinking for awhile. Does that make sense? :) ((Hugs)) I hope you find your footing soon.

I didn’t have an accident, but alot of what you wrote sounds exactly what’s going on in my head. I’ve had ALOT of changes and stuff going on this year. And what you said about your brain… my brain too. Exactly. You worded it well. Sometimes I think that I think too much, and I would probably be better off just not thinking for awhile. Does that make sense? :)

]]> By: #1mama http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/comment-page-1/#comment-11354 #1mama Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:22:13 +0000 http://journeymama.com/2007/11/23/twenty-three/#comment-11354 I guess leaving the Land is almost like leaving an institution - same feelings really - not sure what your place is, where to go, what to do. Sounds like inmate talk to me!!!! Just kidding, but it probably has the same connotations - in prison you're a big fish in a small pond, and the land was a little like that - your own space that you shared with a lot of people. Don't worry it will be all right. It's interesting what you say about the accident - it probably has after effects for sure and not just your sternum. It's funny how we don't think about the consequences of accidents and I know someone who has gone through many!!!! Almost like Post traumatic stress syndrome. The other thing that is really stressful is moving. There are 3 or 4 things that are very stressful in life - I'm sure an accident is one of them (or an illness), moving, starting a new job and death in a family..... so you've been in touch with a lot this last month. "Be still and know that I am God". I guess leaving the Land is almost like leaving an institution – same feelings really – not sure what your place is, where to go, what to do. Sounds like inmate talk to me!!!! Just kidding, but it probably has the same connotations – in prison you’re a big fish in a small pond, and the land was a little like that – your own space that you shared with a lot of people. Don’t worry it will be all right.

It’s interesting what you say about the accident – it probably has after effects for sure and not just your sternum. It’s funny how we don’t think about the consequences of accidents and I know someone who has gone through many!!!! Almost like Post traumatic stress syndrome.

The other thing that is really stressful is moving. There are 3 or 4 things that are very stressful in life – I’m sure an accident is one of them (or an illness), moving, starting a new job and death in a family….. so you’ve been in touch with a lot this last month.

“Be still and know that I am God”.

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