My friend and I were talking today about fear. He is a wonderfully progressive recovering Borderline currently active in a DBT program.

We were discussing how fear overtakes us and how unreal the images of terror can be. I asked him to try to explain his feelings at such times.

He said.."It's like walking in the deepest desert while waiting for a freight train to hit you."

Only someone who has been there could have said something like that or appreciated it.

Lenny