Broke out the electric blanket and the electric mattress pad. These two are in heaven. No one will move, all night! ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Broke out the electric blanket and the electric mattress pad. These two are in heaven. No one will move, all night! ❤️
Halloween was fun! I dressed as a sorceress!
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Halloween was fun! I dressed as a sorceress!
Maliki and Stormi say hello!!!
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Maliki and Stormi say hello!!!
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That intense, reflexive self-blame trauma survivors experience whenever anything in our vicinity goes wrong is not about having a "guilty conscience"-- it's a PTSD symptom. But framing it as a "guilty conscience" sign is a gaslighting tool abusers & bullies just love to pull out.
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
That intense, reflexive self-blame trauma survivors experience whenever anything in our vicinity goes wrong is not about having a "guilty conscience"-- it's a PTSD symptom. But framing it as a "guilty conscience" sign is a gaslighting tool abusers & bullies just love to pull out.
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Trauma Brain tries to convince us that basic self-care, like feeding ourselves, hydrating, cleaning & organizing our space, & managing our money, is "pointless"-- as if they have nothing to do w/ our safety, stability, or cognitive/emotional load.
Don't bite. Just do your best.
Don't bite. Just do your best.
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trauma Brain tries to convince us that basic self-care, like feeding ourselves, hydrating, cleaning & organizing our space, & managing our money, is "pointless"-- as if they have nothing to do w/ our safety, stability, or cognitive/emotional load.
Don't bite. Just do your best.
Don't bite. Just do your best.
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Self-talk as a realistic trauma recovery tool begins w/ the absolute commitment to never use our magnificent, but wounded, brain to amplify or affirm the words of our abusers & bullies.
They've had their air time. We're not boosting their signal-- not anymore. Not ever again.
They've had their air time. We're not boosting their signal-- not anymore. Not ever again.
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Self-talk as a realistic trauma recovery tool begins w/ the absolute commitment to never use our magnificent, but wounded, brain to amplify or affirm the words of our abusers & bullies.
They've had their air time. We're not boosting their signal-- not anymore. Not ever again.
They've had their air time. We're not boosting their signal-- not anymore. Not ever again.
Good Evening from Stormi! She can jump high enough to grab soft things on the kitchen counter and drag them to the floor to eat! Doesn’t that sound like fun for her momma who is used to being able to leave things on the counters!
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Good Evening from Stormi! She can jump high enough to grab soft things on the kitchen counter and drag them to the floor to eat! Doesn’t that sound like fun for her momma who is used to being able to leave things on the counters!
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"Choices" aren't real choices when we've been so heavily conditioned by trauma that we are blind to our options and resources.
Questions like "Why didn't you leave?" & "Why did you keep repeating those patterns?" assume agency that we literally don't comprehend when we're down the rabbit hole.
Questions like "Why didn't you leave?" & "Why did you keep repeating those patterns?" assume agency that we literally don't comprehend when we're down the rabbit hole.
September 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Choices" aren't real choices when we've been so heavily conditioned by trauma that we are blind to our options and resources.
Questions like "Why didn't you leave?" & "Why did you keep repeating those patterns?" assume agency that we literally don't comprehend when we're down the rabbit hole.
Questions like "Why didn't you leave?" & "Why did you keep repeating those patterns?" assume agency that we literally don't comprehend when we're down the rabbit hole.
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"Their" inability to support us through rough experiences & feelings may have convinced us we weren't "worth" supporting through those experiences & feelings, or we "shouldn't" need that support-- but all it actually meant was they weren't up to supporting us.
No less; no more.
No less; no more.
September 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Their" inability to support us through rough experiences & feelings may have convinced us we weren't "worth" supporting through those experiences & feelings, or we "shouldn't" need that support-- but all it actually meant was they weren't up to supporting us.
No less; no more.
No less; no more.
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Acknowledging the limitations of our early support system isn't about trashing anyone-- it's about realistically understanding the conditioning that still affects us, whether we think it "should" or not. Don't get up in your head about "blaming" them. You're trying to understand.
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Acknowledging the limitations of our early support system isn't about trashing anyone-- it's about realistically understanding the conditioning that still affects us, whether we think it "should" or not. Don't get up in your head about "blaming" them. You're trying to understand.
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Acknowledging our pain or vulnerability is not "surrendering" to it-- it's the first, necessary step toward realistically transforming any of it.
We're not "whining" or "ruminating"-- we're strategizing. The art of war involves knowing our opponent w/o illusion.
We're not "whining" or "ruminating"-- we're strategizing. The art of war involves knowing our opponent w/o illusion.
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Acknowledging our pain or vulnerability is not "surrendering" to it-- it's the first, necessary step toward realistically transforming any of it.
We're not "whining" or "ruminating"-- we're strategizing. The art of war involves knowing our opponent w/o illusion.
We're not "whining" or "ruminating"-- we're strategizing. The art of war involves knowing our opponent w/o illusion.
Maliki is a slug today! ❤️❤️
September 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Maliki is a slug today! ❤️❤️
tested positive for COVID! Stuffy nose, persistent dry cough, feel like I was run over by a truck!
I used DoorDash to bring me a COVID/Flu test from CVS.
At least the dogs are mostly behaving.
I used DoorDash to bring me a COVID/Flu test from CVS.
At least the dogs are mostly behaving.
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
tested positive for COVID! Stuffy nose, persistent dry cough, feel like I was run over by a truck!
I used DoorDash to bring me a COVID/Flu test from CVS.
At least the dogs are mostly behaving.
I used DoorDash to bring me a COVID/Flu test from CVS.
At least the dogs are mostly behaving.
This is what Stormi does when I tell her it’s time to go out in the backyard.
September 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is what Stormi does when I tell her it’s time to go out in the backyard.
If you want shorts to sit on wet ground while gardening…. And google latex women’s shorts, they think you are into s&m.
August 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you want shorts to sit on wet ground while gardening…. And google latex women’s shorts, they think you are into s&m.
She’s a sock thief!!!!!!!
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
She’s a sock thief!!!!!!!
I spent the evening figuring out how to impress the kids across the street with what Alexa can do! 🤪
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I spent the evening figuring out how to impress the kids across the street with what Alexa can do! 🤪
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You are no longer available for situationships that reinforce old beliefs, feelings, & behaviors that were conditioned in you by bullies & abusers.
Anyone disappointed by this fact wasn't on your side in the first place.
Anyone disappointed by this fact wasn't on your side in the first place.
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You are no longer available for situationships that reinforce old beliefs, feelings, & behaviors that were conditioned in you by bullies & abusers.
Anyone disappointed by this fact wasn't on your side in the first place.
Anyone disappointed by this fact wasn't on your side in the first place.
I had a squirrel visitor this morning! He was trying to bury a pecan in my flowerbed!
August 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I had a squirrel visitor this morning! He was trying to bury a pecan in my flowerbed!
We went for a walk! August in Texas is brutally hot!! 🥵
August 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We went for a walk! August in Texas is brutally hot!! 🥵
My Minpin babies are both sleeping after their evening walk! Well, they were! Stormi woke up when I came to take her picture!
August 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My Minpin babies are both sleeping after their evening walk! Well, they were! Stormi woke up when I came to take her picture!
Stormi was known as the Toy Thief at the rescue! She LOVES toys! And I have a bunch! I feel like I am playing an endless game of pickup sticks!
August 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Stormi was known as the Toy Thief at the rescue! She LOVES toys! And I have a bunch! I feel like I am playing an endless game of pickup sticks!
Stormi prefers the dog bed where she can watch out the front door! Plus it is next to all the toys! (And the TV I need to install.)
August 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Stormi prefers the dog bed where she can watch out the front door! Plus it is next to all the toys! (And the TV I need to install.)
This sums up the first part of August.
August 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This sums up the first part of August.