Trigger icon 'cause I'm not a mind reader and don't know how you are feeling...But You Do.

Last night I was very tired; my back is better, my daughter's flank pain is from kidney stones--ouch!
Headed for the couch to rest a bit and decided to watch the telly; Criminal Minds. I don't usually watch it because I worked the forensic unit for years.
Started creeping me out when it started into the childhood trauma of the killer. When I heard the line, "...and they made him bury the bodies" I was off that couch in a NY minute and on the patio heaving.
Short flashback of my classmate's vacant eyes, I did not leave the present, but I sure visited the past.
Visit.
I didn't take up residence in the past/flashback.

No, I did not watch the ending. I'm no fool...well sometimes I am
but I was not last night by thinking I had to be Brave and Strong and try to say FO to any demons.
Were the demons there? No.
Did I square my shoulders with determination to face them? No
Did it catch me by surprise? Oh yeah...
Knock me down? No.

Kinda nice to know where I was, why, and shake it off.
If there's a next time, it may be different but this time it was really, really nice to stay in the present and know
I Was and Will Continue To Be All right.

In Peace