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I am reading a book called A Long Way from No Go: A Memoir
you may have heard of the author: Tjanara Goreng Goreng
It is helping me as many issues overlap and she is inspiring. It is also showing me how incredibly neglected and alone I was in gowing up. It also makes me extra sad about my own children and the struggles and fragmentation in my famly despite my best efforts. I just have to let things go for a while with family. I am nearly 60 and it is time to focus on me, but my heart is heavy when I think about my son and daughter, and grandson.
Last night at choir was good. I had fun, experimented with voice types, and I had a moments of joy and appreciation instead of the endless sense of being invisible I had from chiuldhood or conflict for not fitting in well enough ...
A lady talked me into going home early on train. She said she takes me as I am, is always fun, friendly and intelligent and outside the box.
It is the same choir with the lady who really upset me and shamed/bullied me 6 months ago. I was within a metre of her, but we did not interact. We briefly interacted on Saturday during concert, but I kept it brusque and professional.
@Former-Member Your story is powerful. Firstly, even being in the armed forces takes guts, extra guts for a young girl, then going through issues, and then being locked up, let alone all the recovery.
The "Sexual objectification of women" is a mouthful of words, but a problem for both sexes, though it is the women who suffer most.
WIsh they had a teary or better sad emoticon on the forum.
If men could see us as people more, than a merely a means of getting rid of an urge, which is just sexual addiction and has little to do with relationship, we would all feel a lot better off.
I say I am "delicate" now when I am going through trauma triggers. However it has taken a lot of work, awareness, and resources to isolate my triggers, and be able to have any sort of clarity.
Take Care Long Ravers All
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.