I think one of the saddest things one can see is the transformation in the eyes of a child who goes through tragedy. This change was quite clear in my sister’s eyes, and I’ll never forget that. My sister was an accident, to say the least. The cult wanted my parents to have only two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘song lyrics’
Transformations
Posted in Friends & Family, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Ritual Abuse, tagged Abuse, cults, family of choice, grief, Mental Health, Monkees, Shades of Gray, sisters, song lyrics, sra programming, suicide on 7 September 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hills & Valleys
Posted in Friends & Family, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Music, Spirituality, tagged child loss, funerals, grief, Mental Health, parental bereavement, song lyrics, stillbirth, Universe on 30 August 2011 | 3 Comments »
I can’t seem to climb out of this grief valley right now. I know I will, but for now the sun is rather dark. That’s an interesting effect of grief- sometimes, sunny days truly do look dark. It’s beautiful outside today. The temperature is mild, the humidity is low, and there’s barely a cloud in [...]
I Just Feel It
Posted in Friends & Family, Music, tagged beatles, In My Life, Music, sister, song lyrics on 20 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘In My Life’ is my absolute favourite Beatles song. It has a ‘looking back’ undertone, but it’s also hopeful. It’s recognising that, although you’ll always look back at people you loved and lost, you’ll also move forward. My sister had a habit of putting on really bizarre sunglasses, making a peace sign with her hands, [...]
Comfort in Strange Places
Posted in Friends & Family, General Ranting, Grief & Loss, Mental Health, Spirituality, tagged Box of Rain, child loss, expressing feelings, Grateful Dead, grief, Mental Health, parental bereavement, song lyrics, Universe on 28 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As anyone who knows me can attest to, I have a very hard time with outward expressions of emotion. Actually, dealing with loss is the only thing that has left me unable to control my tears. That is so very frightening to me. The comfort in strange places bit comes from a time like that [...]
On the Outside
Posted in Abuse, Mental Health, Music, Ritual Abuse, tagged 3 Doors Down, cults, Mental Health, Music, satanic ritual abuse, song lyrics, sra programming on 14 May 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking a great deal about the ‘technical’ aspects of SRA lately. The what is done and how it’s done bit. Programming is *incredibly* sophisticated, and I don’t really want to go into that at the moment. I do, however, want to recommend a song: ‘When I’m Gone’ by 3 Doors Down. Driving to [...]
Strawberry Fields Forever
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beatles, Dissociative Identity Disorder, family of choice, satanic ritual abuse, self awareness, song lyrics, strawberry fields forever on 22 October 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had that song stuck in my head for several days now, and that’s not particularly unpleasant. It’s a lovely song. Listening to it today, though, I conceptualised the lyrics in a new way. There’s a bit that resounds with me and will likely resound with other SRA survivors– Always, know sometimes think it’s me [...]
The Initial Loss
Posted in Grief & Loss, Ritual Abuse, tagged cults, evanescence, grief, memories, satanic ritual abuse, siblings, song lyrics, sra programming, suicide on 15 September 2009 | 2 Comments »
This post is about suicide linked to SRA and is a bit graphic. If you are a survivor of SRA, please take care in reading this and stop if you feel triggered. My younger sister took her life on 7 December 2000, three days after her 12th birthday. That day is etched in my memory. [...]
New Page
Posted in Music, tagged blog changes, Music, song lyrics, song recommendations on 10 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who read the blog via RSS or mail programmes, I wanted to let you know I’ve added a page on song recommendations, called, appropriately ‘Song Recommendations’. It’s at the top of the homepage and will be added to probably more often than one would think. That’s another thing about DID– millions [...]
The Boxer
Posted in Abuse, Music, tagged Abuse, Music, Simon and Garfunkel, song lyrics, trauma, trauma survivors on 4 March 2009 | 6 Comments »
Excellent song by Simon and Garfunkel that I relate to in an odd way. It’s not exactly my story, but so much of it resonates with me. There are days when I just feel tired. Not in the sense that I didn’t get enough sleep, but in the sense that the weight of my past [...]
Feeling a Presence
Posted in Grief & Loss, Music, tagged child loss, grief, Inspirational Quotes, Josh Groban, parental bereavement, song lyrics on 13 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I make it a point every day to ‘talk’ to the candle I got at the Candle Lighting Ceremony a few weeks ago. It’s a suggestion someone made to me that really helps– find a way to communicate with the person you’ve lost and, in that way, keep them as part of your life. I [...]
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