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Hello Kathy!
Still thinking about why people are cruel. My husband tells me that I have been over-estimating people (from the individual to humanity in general :) my entire life and then being disappointed. I think people are cruel for a number o...
Awesome! That you found a job, that is! Not that no one has to see you :>( Glad you are working.
At least we are laughing :>)
I do become panic stricken when I cannot think of something and I need to just breathe deeply and visualize--see, I could not think of the work "visualize" but it came to me when I relaxed!
Sue, I used to grind up po...
My "Healing Through Hatred" is going swimmingly.
But, first, let me say that people are simply terrified of hate or repulsed or both. I used to said, "Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it." Not anymore.
Friends try everything in their power ...
A Belated Introduction
Hmmm...
Long ago and far away: I have an undergraduate degree in psychology and an M.S.W. Most of my work has been as a psychiatric social worker. I have also worked at a university hospital on a trauma unit and burn unit and various other places.
I worked first, stayed home with my daughter, homeschooled her through eighth grade, and am now retired.
No one can tell me that eating a healthy diet and moderate exercise results in weight loss.
So, fat am I.
Long ago and far away: I have an undergraduate degree in psychology and an M.S.W. Most of my work has been as a psychiatric social worker. I have also worked at a university hospital on a trauma unit and burn unit and various other places.
I worked first, stayed home with my daughter, homeschooled her through eighth grade, and am now retired.
No one can tell me that eating a healthy diet and moderate exercise results in weight loss.
So, fat am I.
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My Hate Group Has a Goddess
My "Healing Through Hatred" is going swimmingly.
But, first, let me say that people are simply terrified of hate or repulsed or both. I used to said, "Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it." Not anymore.
Friends try everything in their power to get me to use another word. They beg me to reconsider. But, I will not.
Then, they have to reassure themselves that I am not in some way self-destructive. They are convinced that I am in some magical and mysterious way harming myself just by hating… Continue
But, first, let me say that people are simply terrified of hate or repulsed or both. I used to said, "Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it." Not anymore.
Friends try everything in their power to get me to use another word. They beg me to reconsider. But, I will not.
Then, they have to reassure themselves that I am not in some way self-destructive. They are convinced that I am in some magical and mysterious way harming myself just by hating… Continue
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 7:14pm —
Healing Through Hatred--Nice Isn't Working
My new thing in life is healing through hatred because being nice wasn't working.
I have tried to solve many problems in life by being nice, diplomatic, understanding, empathic, sympathetic...the list does go on. My parents rule in life was that there were two sets of rules--those for other children and those for us. We had to take the high road. We had victim stamped on our foreheads.
No one, by the way, would see me as a victim. My alleged friends (I am reevaluating my friends and some are g… Continue
I have tried to solve many problems in life by being nice, diplomatic, understanding, empathic, sympathetic...the list does go on. My parents rule in life was that there were two sets of rules--those for other children and those for us. We had to take the high road. We had victim stamped on our foreheads.
No one, by the way, would see me as a victim. My alleged friends (I am reevaluating my friends and some are g… Continue
Posted on April 19, 2009 at 4:00pm — 35 Comments
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- At 4:37am on September 17, 2009,
Plant Walks said… - Hi Viv, thanks for replying. I'm glad your daughter loves the academics, and sorry to hear about the social stuff at Vanderbilt (makes sense since it was built by the Vanderbilt's :) She must be a hot student to be able to get into such great schools - you must be very proud - deservedly!
Also, thanks for speaking up to that very rude person, FB, on here. I let one of the administrators on this site know what was going on and she removed him. He was very insulting and inaccurate. The last straw for me was that the day I contacted the administrator, after seeing his ranting on here, I had come close to fainting, earlier, because I had had such a hard time getting myself to eat anything that day that I had begun to faint while cleaning the kitchen, and started to fall. His comments were waaay out of line. So thanks for speaking up to him.
- At 6:23am on September 15, 2009,
Plant Walks said…
- Hi Vivienne,
Thanks for your message. I'm a bit north, now, an hour north of San Francisco. Yes, Santa Cruz would have been a great place for the 'rents to visit :) Where did your daughter end up going to school, and is she enjoying herself?
Hope life is going well - thanks for writing.
plant
- At 11:24pm on August 31, 2009,
Sam Murray said… - Hi Vivienne,
Great to hear from you, and apologies for my slow reply, but haven't been checking into this site as often as I'd like! Work is really busy currently, but I'm really enjoying my research. It's great to virtually 'meet' new people here in this fantastic forum. Hope all is well with you, and thanks for your message.
Sam
- At 4:05am on August 21, 2009,
Katie D said… - Hey Viv, you alright my love? Havent spoken to you in a while. Im knackered from being in Yorkshire with my housing co-op. Going to meetings and the like aint fun. But I met some cool people, so its ups and downs. Hows the summer going for you?
x
- At 10:19am on August 8, 2009,
Stef Maruch said… - Hi Vivienne, thanks for asking how I am. I'm dealing with an aging parent health crisis and a home remodel this summer...
- At 8:07pm on August 7, 2009,
Kathy Barron said…
- Big hugs, Vivienne! I can sympathize with the frustration of always having to go where someone else wants -- and not getting to do your own thing. So sleepy ... going to get some rest. TTYS
- At 12:52pm on August 7, 2009,
Lisa Breisch, Psy.D. said… - Hi - As far as Wisconsin size acceptance events, the only thing is Linda's Big Connections dances, www.lindasbigconnections.com. Club Round Clubhouse is near the IL/WI border. Unfortunately, there are no NAAFA groups in WI and the IL Chapter closed in 2007. The Abundia Retreat is a great annual event in IL, would definitely recommend them! I'll be going this year and am really looking forward to it! Thanks for your comments.
- At 7:25pm on August 6, 2009,
- I DID have a blast at NAAFA! You should have been there! Come to Abundia October 23-25 in Chicago!
- At 5:33pm on August 6, 2009,
Mary Bonjovi said… - PS: I once tried to "dance like no one is watching" in a Walmart and an employee thought I was having a stroke, lol. Geesh!
- At 5:31pm on August 6, 2009,
Mary Bonjovi said…
- Wow - you make a lot of sense - and I can totally understand that dieting and not losing much weight thing. I have a super-underactive thyroid and my doc just faxed in a higher doseage prescription for me at the drug store and I just called and they don't have that doseage at that pharmacy, so they are calling around right now - ain't that great? It's really an inconvenience but I guess if I want my body to function some, I better make the effort to get it. Anyways, thanks for contacting me to be friends! You and your partner look absolutely stunning to me!
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