This one fits perfectly with where I am atm. I am and have been triggered a few times, quite seriously, in the last couple of weeks, including today at work. I know the feeling all too well. It’s the old knot in my stomach. Difference is I can identify it, where it comes from in the present and the past. I can talk about it. I can deal with it. It still hurts. It takes time. I’m living life.
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Thank you Janie, I really needed that today 
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You alright hun? 
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I am 
I am taking a rest day today, I need it. And reading your post made me realize that some time ago, I needed WEEKS to recover after busy times. My whole life is so much better, ever on the lower days.
How are you, love?
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This is so true … I often fall into wanting just the ease of life …and that isn’t realistic. Life holds all the joy and all the suffering. When I cling to the joy, and struggle against the hard times, it just feels heavier somehow. And I never forget how much worse life would feel waking up with the heaviness of the old using days on top of life itself.
Thanks for sharing!
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It’s great that you recognise you need a rest day and are taking it hun, you’ve been in my thoughts lovely 
I’m good thanks, contemplating a chilled afternoon myself after a busy morning. Can feel a Netflix binge coming on I think 
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I hear you on that hun. Even though the hard days can suck, they are much more manageable and definitely lighter (though may not feel it at the time) compared to before when using 
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