I am constantly looking for scientific answers to justify what I believe to be true with regards to both self-injury and eating disorders. To an outsider, these disorders are hard to understand, but for the sufferer, it rarely comes as a surprise ( Read more... )

On the news this week there was a story about a young girl that had been bitten in the face by an alligator. The jaws clamped down literally over one of her eyes and down to her cheekbone. But in looking at her, her scars are minimal. Extraordinary ( Read more... )

I sold my wedding rings today ( Read more... )

I read a beautiful sentence this week in a book. It was talking about memories and how time is more destructive to memories than a house fire because until a fire that destroys the memories in an instant, time allows part of the memory to remain and other parts to slowly fade into darkness ( Read more... )

It's amazing how dates become significant depending on what's going on in your life at the time ( Read more... )

I love watching "The Dog Whisperer". One of the things that resonates with me the strongest is the idea that dogs live in the moment. Cesar Milan always tells dog owners that their pets do not remember yesterday, two hours ago or ten minutes ago. They are not worried about tomorrow ( Read more... )

One of the greatest regrets of my life stems from an event in my senior year of high school. My boyfriend at the time "dumped" me weeks before the senior prom. I had my dress. My hair appointment. But no date ( Read more... )

In November, the Georgia superintendent who won a million dollars on "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" and then promised to donate it to schools for the deaf and blind filed bankruptcy ( Read more... )

I am preparing to give a speech to a group of mental health professionals and educators in the next couple of weeks. I have been asked if I will allow for questions and I agreed. It seems that I am a bit of a curiosity these days. By being willing to stand up and speak about my self-injury, I am allowing others who are interested in preventing/ ( Read more... )

I've always had a problem setting personal boundaries. It is hard for me to stand up for myself because I fear coming across as being rude or stuck-up. I try to tell people, as best I can, what I am comfortable with, but sometimes those boundaries are not respected and I am left to either make allowances for the misstep, fume about it in silence, ( Read more... )