A Patient Voice

Never Ending Waves of Change

Who am I now? And then why am I asking that question NOW? One would think that I would have figured all that out by now. I haven’t and will I ever? Does any one? Is this what THE JOURNEY is all about? Perhaps I should learn to keep things simple, because if you take life, one day at a time, it creates a comfort. It becomes very DOABLE. Do I complicate things because static for me becomes…

Concurrency: https://wordpress.com/post/apatientvoice.com/6517

Most of the time, I can’t sleep. So I take pills. A lot of the time, I get anxious. So I try to focus on my breathing or distract myself and sometimes I take pills. A lot of the time I feel like I am in pain. I don’t want to be “that person” who complains about their pain I don’t want to take pills so sometimes I drink. Most of the time, I am a good person but all of the time. I can’t…

I have learned that there are different ways to think, to behave and to cope. However, when you are trying to challenge life long strategies – it’s hard to change. At least it feels that way. It feels like it is easier said than done. This is where perseverance, trust, support and self-determination come in handy – that is if you can find those things or you have people that can help you find…

It Seems Like A Mighty Long Time

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. There are many reasons for that; I have just felt like I am struggling and I was waiting until I made some progress in that area so that I could provide a post that illuminates the challenge and triumphs of moving from struggling to being hopeful. I don’t want to lose that “glass is half full side of me”. That process turned out to be a bit project. Also, I…

#Resiliency and #AgingGracefully Around The Corner:

Do you remember when you were younger and felt invincible? I do. In the meantime, life just does what it does; it throws curve balls, spit balls and the occasional wild pitch. Yet somehow we continue to get up to bat. Meanwhile, the brain does what it does; it thinks. Endlessly and for good and bad. My challenge seems to be trying to feel like I belong in spite of the strike-outs, the games…

Mean While: I have just been taking some time to get comfortable with myself again.

I have just been taking some time to get comfortable with myself again. Continue reading

Setting Preferences: I wish there was a way to find you other than posting my profile on an an line-dating app. https://wp.me/p4hySg-1EQ

  I know that you are out there

I can’t help but wonder where you are at.

I wish there was a way to find you

other than posting my profile on an an line-dating app. (more…)

In A Rough Patch: The determined me is determined to be me:

  At times this feeling, feels like it is too much.

Something that can never mastered.

Yet, I have been through this before

in other shapes and other forms,

and I have gotten through it. (more…)

The Window of Tolerance = “We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” https://wp.me/p4hySg-1DW

The “Window of Tolerance” (Ogden, et al. 2006; Siegel, 1999) is the optimal zone of arousal where we are able to manage and thrive in every day life.

This can be thought of as sailing within a river of well-being (Siegel & Bryson, 2012) where we are able to respond to all that comes our way without getting thrown off course. When we are outside of our window of tolerance, our nervous system…

A Little Extra Something About Self-Care:

This article was circulated at a recent group Psychotherapy session I attended. It got my attention as it resonated with me. So here I am bringing it to your attention; just for fun and to see if it might stir up some resonance for you.

  This Is What ‘Self-Care’ REALLY Means, Because It’s Not All Salt Baths and Chocolate Cake

By Brianna Wiest https://thoughtcatalog.com/?p=797404

Sel…

What's Next? I have been hiding in my mind for a long time.

It is difficult to describe this feeling

but it is familiar,

it feels similar to something I have felt before.

I have been hiding in my mind for a long time,

it’s time for me to step out now and experience living again.

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Facing My Worst Fears - trying to have a better relationship with myself:

What if I am not as resilient as people say?  What if I am not as mindful as people think I am?

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Finding The Right Person:

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The Wreck Room: No more rising and then falling down. It's time to settle on middle ground. https://wp.me/p4hySg-1Bx

Things haven’t always been this way.  I wonder when and why it all started.

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Who, When, Where, What & Why: How #mindfulness is helping me. https://wp.me/p4hySg-1Bv

Harlon Davey, the guy who writes this blog,

was hospitalized from February 7, 2020 to February 28th.

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Formalities: Hello End Of The Tunnel, I would like to introduce you to someone. Light, this the end of the tunnel. I am glad you two were finally able to meet. https://wp.me/p4hySg-1Bj

Hello End Of The Tunnel, I would like to introduce you to someone.

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Tangled Webs: Who am I trying to deceive? https://wp.me/p4hySg-1B6

Who am I trying to deceive?

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