tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post9054648220489770495..comments2024-02-21T23:33:41.359-07:00Comments on Only a little Sugar-Coated: It's my life, and DAMMIT, if I'm going to live, I'm going to LIVE!jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-56256510884766183582012-09-22T23:53:53.347-06:002012-09-22T23:53:53.347-06:00Thank you for talking about this - there is much o...Thank you for talking about this - there is much of my own story in here as well. postmormongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455759739126093761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-66649758241523895132012-09-14T11:19:27.664-06:002012-09-14T11:19:27.664-06:00I have a blog post that I have been working on for...I have a blog post that I have been working on for years that has the title "Not the Problem I Thought I Was". For a long time I thought people's mistreatment of me was somehow my fault, so I'd stay with them. If I was somehow nicer, kinder, softer, better, stronger, smarter, etc., then THEY would change their behavior. <br /><br />Then I stopped trying to change them, but stilljenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-36975063088253447072012-09-14T01:31:00.278-06:002012-09-14T01:31:00.278-06:00After I decided to live, then I realized I could l...After I decided to live, then I realized I could live when and how I chose to, whether it was popular or not. <br /><br />That experience came after a hellish week with feelings skittering through the air to plop condemnation and hate, as it strikes and stains, like an emotional paint ball. I kept wanting to run away from the balls of judgment, shame, blame and hostility. The animosity that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655197693521484077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-38320831383463564072012-09-13T20:28:29.738-06:002012-09-13T20:28:29.738-06:00Thank you for sharing that! It makes me very very ...Thank you for sharing that! It makes me very very sad, and I'm also very glad you're still here to tell your story.jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-92035461125151320482012-09-13T20:27:31.722-06:002012-09-13T20:27:31.722-06:00I like your first sentence... A lot. Accepting tha...I like your first sentence... A lot. Accepting that THIS is my life, and THIS is how it is, makes it possible to deal with reality. Back when I kept trying to run from it, or pretend it was different than it was, it was impossible to change it. (If you won't acknowledge a change needs to be made, how can you make the change?) <br /><br />Somewhere along my journey, I had someone tell me once,jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-33226069003060229592012-09-13T20:24:00.729-06:002012-09-13T20:24:00.729-06:00Thank you. Thank you. jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-84069860577020655372012-09-13T05:12:05.825-06:002012-09-13T05:12:05.825-06:00I thought you might like to read, and maybe share ...I thought you might like to read, and maybe share with your readers, my post for Suicide Prevention Week. <br /><br />www.poetrysansonions.blogspot.com/storms-and-silence.html?m=0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655197693521484077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-51607585920370751832012-09-10T22:33:56.028-06:002012-09-10T22:33:56.028-06:00Deciding to live, even when life seems like hell, ...Deciding to live, even when life seems like hell, is the first step to changing the hell around us. It took me a long time to learn that, and some days I still wish it wasn't so messy and painful to decide to live. Still, I do want to live, survive, and become the woman I want to be. I know it may take some time, but I am going to give myself that time. I am glad you decided that you Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655197693521484077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-7410984353407311442012-09-10T20:50:42.727-06:002012-09-10T20:50:42.727-06:00LOVE this. SO glad you found yourself, Jen. And ...LOVE this. SO glad you found yourself, Jen. And thanks for posting this. Losing loved ones to suicide is tough. Loved reading this hope filled and uplifting post.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382412005208514688noreply@blogger.com