Hi Catherine

Hope you don't mind me sticking my head through the classroom door, but I just had to say this about that.
I read OH Boy. I don't even know what to say. I just want you to know that I did read it.

The doorway to “the...rest of the story “ is an ugly one. It always is. That's why everybody is so afraid to turn that knob. It ends up that somebody else turns the knob, sometimes with a single comment and Kaboom, the ultimate trigger, the one that goes right over the top. The one that makes something inside scream out “I CAN”T BE LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!!.......IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!!” or something like that. In my case there were many colorful adjectives that went along with that statement, over and over and over again. On the other side of the door though is understanding, like the feeling of “watching that grasshopper at rest”. I was elated to see that you have thrown the book away and are attempting to change your perspective. It's the only way out. People need to know that.

Hind sight in the open is twenty twenty, however hindsight for PTSD people is distorted by the events that put us there. foresight in this place is like the emptiness of space. People here are in various stages of whatever you want to call this thing, and there are so many to go through. I try not to post in this forum for fear of saying something that somebody is not ready to hear, but here you are living it, and sharing it as it happens. How inspiring is that? Maybe you pushed a button that cracked open somebody else's door? How special would that be?
Nobody should ever have to apologize for being open and honest.

Innovators are often ridiculed and persecuted by the establishment. Like the earth is round or something, “what an idiot”.

If you like, you can just forward the critics to me. Tell them: I found an anomaly that I think you need to address.

I see this thread as a great success. I see this thread as inspirational for those who are ready to accept. That's pretty special.
Bruce.