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Old Apr 05, 2009, 10:46 AM
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Lotus flowers, not weeds pachy...flowers :-)
Echoes... I like your reflection. I think it take a special person to help others find and see themselves.

Treehouse..I did the same thing yesterday with my emails. I can't say I'm not getting my moneys worth--thats for sure.

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Old Apr 05, 2009, 11:00 AM
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lotus flowers, not weeds pachy...flowers :-)


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Old Apr 05, 2009, 12:36 PM
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I do not want to be a chameleon, I want to be me.
I love that.

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Yay weeds!
I am happy to be a weed!

Lots of great stuff in this thread...
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Old Apr 05, 2009, 02:51 PM
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The thing about flowers is that they can very vulnerable to lots of stuff. Now weeds, they are tough little suckers!
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Old Apr 05, 2009, 02:53 PM
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Old Apr 06, 2009, 11:51 AM
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I'm confused about what is appropriate or inappropriate, what is considered needy and what is considered independence, etc.... I've had to look within to make the judgment call, then see what reaction/reception I receive. This is tough, but it is helping me see that... often times the judgments I make...aren't wrong or abnormal.
Ahhhhh, the learning phase...... I remember it so well......... Discovering what you need to learn is the first step, good work!

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it is in personal intimate relationships where I struggle a lot. I have a lot of trouble with ambiguity. This is especially pronounce in situation which involve close contact. At work, there is limited ambiguity, most interactions have a clear purpose.

I don't operate well without structure...but I think it is what I need.
Ahhhh, I could have written this too. More learning to do, first identifying what it is that you have to learn.

Structure is important. I visualize it as hanging onto a safe structure while you lean out a bit to experience and learn. That safe space is important. This is what little children do with healthy attachment to their parents. They attach to that base of safety and structure and lean out a bit to explore and grow.

You are doing good work Chaotic!
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Old Apr 06, 2009, 06:56 PM
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You are doing good work Chaotic!
Thanks Sannah... I thought I was doing OK but.. well today the mental noise is pretty loud and a am feeling lost.
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today the mental noise is pretty loud and a am feeling lost.
You need a pair of those noisy-thought-canceling earphones.
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Old Apr 07, 2009, 11:31 AM
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What triggered the noise Chaotic? Or what is trying to surface?
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Old Apr 07, 2009, 04:27 PM
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Fear of being different, fear of rejection, fear of hurt or offending someone....
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Old Apr 08, 2009, 10:47 AM
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Fear of being different, fear of rejection, fear of hurt or offending someone....
This is great that you identified these things.

Do you understand where they come from and why?
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Old Apr 08, 2009, 01:00 PM
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Well... I know my fear of hurting some was accurate. My H found two of my drawing this week. He is very hurt, and I really regret putting what was in my head down on paper. The fact that I never intended to share it with ANYONE is irrelevant. Obviously I have trouble containing the collateral damage my thoughts can cause. Somethings should just be left in the head.
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Old Apr 09, 2009, 12:39 PM
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All of our fears are accurate. They all come from somewhere.

I'm sorry about what happened with your husband. The stuff in your head deserves to come out, though!

When I was getting all my stuff out I let some stuff out to my husband in a very hurtful way. He was very hurt and angry. I was sorry how it came out but I knew that it had to come out and I was glad that it did. We worked through it so it turned out fine. Getting this stuff out, this stuff that stood between us, brought us closer. We are not made of glass. We all can survive. I can blurt things out. I am not that refined, oh well!
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