It's been almost a year and a half since the Christmas day on which my brother traumatized me. In many ways, I'm stronger for all the work I've done since then to stabilize my emotional state -- and by extension, my physical state -- but the hurt is still there ( Read more... )

Over winter break I started meditating nightly. Back at school, I've started doing a routine where I shut down my computer/whatever stimulating activity I'm doing around 11pm and just let myself sit back and think or pet my cat. After a while, I've wound down enough that I can more easily slip into a meditative state. And then I go to bed and am ( Read more... )