I was never your cure. I am your addiction.
You hurt me far too many times, I could mention
After it has all been done and said –
You thought you could leave, but I’m still in your head.
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I was never your cure.
Posted by Jacqueline on August 5, 2018
https://justonetake.org/2018/08/05/i-was-never-your-cure/
Nothing
Art by Jill Battaglia
“He was supposed to protect me,” she thought with angry tears in her eyes as the rain fell hard against the windows of her car. That singular thought swirling over and over in her mind like creamer in coffee. “He was supposed to protect me.”
But he didn’t. He had left her. He abandoned her. And he gave no indication that he had any capacity left to care for her at all. In that moment, she couldn’t ever remember feeling so alone.
Posted by Jacqueline on July 9, 2018
https://justonetake.org/2018/07/09/nothing/
How to support someone with PTSD – part three
Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Source: National Institue of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-research-fact-sheet/index.shtml
I have recently been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. It is an aptly named “disease” – though it is not a mental illness. It is a normal reaction to a traumatic life event.
Posted by Jacqueline on February 5, 2013
https://justonetake.org/2013/02/05/how-to-support-someone-with-ptsd-or-social-anxiety-part-three/
The Dream – Part II
The dream now begins with me stepping into the house – now cold and hollow – the ethereal light from it, gone. With no companion, guard or guide, I enter and descend into the basement – a flickering light illuminates my steps, casting all manner of shadows around me.
Posted by Jacqueline on January 30, 2013
https://justonetake.org/2013/01/30/the-dream-part-ii/
Just One Take 