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- Completing the circle of life
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Submitted on Nov 19, 2013 from Teresa JoyceMost of us believe in the circle of life it stands for reason because that makes sense. We are born we grow and then we leave this world. For each of us it’s a completely different path that we walk. We may enter into each other’s lives for many different reasons, each time our life’s are either ...
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- Are we evil?
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Submitted on Sep 28, 2013 from Teresa JoyceThis question used to be at the forefront of my mind, imbedded so deeply that there seemed to be no escaping the powerful emotions that it evoked. When did it start? Why was I born this way? How could I stop the terrible things going on all around me I was hurting so many people. Maybe the ...
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- Why me and not my siblings
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Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Teresa JoyceRight off the bat that must sound like such a selfish thing to say, why would I wish what had happened to me on my siblings? But it’s an age-old question that hunted me for many years. Did I do something wrong? Was it because I miss behaved? Surly not I only acted that way to get noticed. If I ...
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( 1 vote) - Are our voices really not heard?
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Submitted on Jun 19, 2013 from Teresa JoyceI’m sitting in a big room that makes me feel so small I don’t even recognize the man sitting in front of me but he seems to know all about me by their conversation. My mum is telling him about the fact that I have started wetting the bed, how could she tell this stranger that about me? I feel so ...
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( 1 vote) - Sympathy or Empathy
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Submitted on Jun 19, 2013 from Teresa JoyceThe above two words could be seen as travelling in each other’s company, but this concept could not be further away from the truth. If you have every walked the road I was set to travel the difference is insurmountable. Many may even think that the difference is only marginal so why split hairs? ...
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( 1 vote) - Lost days
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Submitted on Mar 03, 2013 from Teresa JoyceIf you have ever been abused we all have them. Days that we either choose to push back into the recess of our mind, or we have completely lost all memory of them. To this very day I still recognize this trait within me. In truth the only difference is that I no longer feel the need to revisit ...
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( 1 vote) - Empowerment
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Submitted on Nov 01, 2012 from Teresa JoyceWhen we think about this emotion more times than enough it’s the way we look at others. Empowerment is the person we see standing in front of us totally in control whilst showing us the way. This person surly has all of the answers; they speak with wisdom and fortitude. Where do they find the ...
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( 1 vote) - Courage against the enemy
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Submitted on Aug 20, 2012 from Teresa JoyceHow do we measure courage? I guess it very much depends on your mind set. There are so many ways that it can be measured. We hear stories about the loss of lives in our armed forces whilst serving overseas; sadly this is a measure of their courage after the loss of life. Unselfishness whilst ...
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( 1 vote) - A Phenomenon
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Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Teresa JoyceI sit here once more at my computer, with a jumble of thoughts that have been dancing around in my head for some days now. It has taken me until now to find the inspiration, and to really think about the concept surrounding this Phenomenon. We have all been in a position where we have felt ...
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( 1 vote) - Regression
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Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Teresa JoyceThis subject was something that I really had trouble getting my head around, why would anyone revisit a point in their life where it spelt nothing but pain and suffering. Why the hell would I ? A place you would think that your own consciousness would crawl over hot coals to keep you from ...
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( 1 vote) - Finding The Right Psychiatrist For You
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Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Teresa JoyceWe are entering a mind field here where the only way to find the right help for you is by trial and error, in my own experience I spent so many years doing just that. At times I felt as if here was no one out there that could ever fill those shoes. The key here is to consider other aspects of ...
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( 1 vote) - The crutch we depend on
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI’m in a bad way I have only just made it to the bathroom before throwing up; sitting there on my cold floor tiles I put my head between my knees just to keep upright. The room is spinning, rotating all around me like some never ending merry go round. I know that this is where I will sleep ...
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( 1 vote) - Abusers That Abuse
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceMore than once to date I have received an email from an abuser and not the abused. The question that must pop in to our heads is why? Why would someone of that ilk visit my web page? Is it not rubbing their noise in it? Are their reasons for being here pure? After much pondering, I have decided ...
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( 1 vote) - Grieving
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceGrief – it’s a word we can all relate to, if we have ever suffered the pain of losing someone close to us. It’s a word that is associated with love, the empty feeling it leaves behind as the bottom of our world falls out. It’s a word that is associated with death, as we try to move on in our ...
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( 1 vote) - Why
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceWhy? It’s a question I have been asked many times both personally and indirectly through my web page. So which why am I being asked here? There are so many whys in my past; it’s quite difficult to pin each one down. This scenario I am sure mirrors the lives of so many people, still unable to ...
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( 1 vote) - When The Nightmares Start
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI shoot up in bed sweat pouring from my body, the sheets clinging tightly all around me. I try to adjust my eyes to the light, while they are darting from one corner of the room to another. I know he is here I heard his footsteps on the stairs. He is coming closer and closer to me with ever step ...
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( 1 vote) - Weighted Which Way
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI have just been asked by my counsellor about my sexuality, a question I have been waiting for that took its time to arrive. The answer has been in my mind for so long waiting to be announced. I truthful didn’t know. So what were my options here? It seems through choice that I am Heterosexual, ...
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( 1 vote) - Losing The One You Love
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI’ve just returned home after another session with my Psychiatrist, today has really not gone well. I was asked to visit a place that had so many bad memories for me. Dealing with the sexual side of my rehabilitation is a killer. I know that I need this psychotherapeutic treatment, because I am ...
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( 1 vote) - A bitter Pill To Swallow
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceIt’s dark and I have no idea of where I am nothing around me looks Familiar, I can hear voices just out of eye shot. My head feels as if it may explode and I am fighting the urge to throw up. There is a swell of disinfectant hanging in the air which is not helping me much. I sit up in bed and ...
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( 2 votes) - Self-Worth
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceWho do we see when we look in the mirror? You should be so comfortable with the face you were born with. We have seen ourselves grow and change, from the pictures we have witnessed when we were children. The truth is we never see the real us, the reflection always differs from the way that ...
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( 1 vote) - Searching For Answers From Those Past Gone
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceIt’s raining and I am kneeling next to my father’s grave. The dirty water and mud swish all around me but I pay no mind. I have so many questions that need to be answered by a man that has been dead for so many years. Do I remember him or only the stories I have been told over the years? I was ...
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( 1 vote) - Sometimes In Life We Can See The Good Through Our Tears
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI am sitting next to my mum holding her hand, just as I have been doing for the last thirty days. They have just turned off the life support; I watched her dying breath as it escaped her tiny body. She had gone to hospital with lower back pain, a complaint that should never have caused the loss ...
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( 1 vote) - Mental Health
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceWhen these words are spoken they are always received differently, depending on the impact they have on the person hearing them. For those of you like me who have gone through this experience, we also have a magnitude of different responses. Every one of us has a different story to tell. But ...
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( 1 vote) - The legacy we leave behind us in our journey
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceWhen we make the empowered decision to take back control of our lives, there is another hard fact that we need to face up to. While going through the trauma that engulfed our life’s for so many years, there is always going to be a fall out. Mine was the peace and protection I thought I had ...
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( 1 vote) - We know our past – But we have no way of knowing our future
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceFor so many years I felt as if life was just about getting up every day, existing just until another night of the haunting dark hours. I would be still in the dark, fighting with all I had to stay awake. Why could I not just close my eyes? That meant the return of the nightmares. I would feel ...
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( 1 vote) - How can you be lonely in a room full of people?
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceThis situation for me was something I had to contend with for many years. The room is full but for me it may as well have been empty. All I can hear is white noise, were they talking to me? Why would they want to talk to me? Someone asks me if I am ok but the voice seems so far away, somewhat ...
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( 1 vote) - The battle within us
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceFor so many years I walked around with an enormous Psychological and Sociological residue, firmly believed that there was no way back for me. I sit here today typing, in the knowledge that the battle within myself is almost over. This is by far the battle you struggle with; it’s so hard to make ...
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( 1 vote) - Wise wrods
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceAn old Cherokee told his grandson one day about a battle that goes on inside people… He told him that the battle was between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It’s anger, envy, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other one is ...
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( 1 vote) - Just trust and reach for the light
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Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceThrough the writing my book, I have found the strength and hope to come back from a very dark place. My greatest wish would be to impart that message to others. We can all achieve that. There is a place deep inside of us that remains untapped, unless you reach your lowest point, and allow the ...
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( 1 vote) - My new web page
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Submitted on Jun 14, 2011 from Teresa Joyce1. Why did you decide to share your story with the world? Answer – This is a very good question and one I have asked myself many times over. The answer is not very black and white; it’s was a combination of many factories. It truth at first it was a way of trying to heal myself, if I could ...
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- The reasoning behind my book
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Submitted on May 15, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI have been asked by a few people of late as to my motivation for writing this book. The answer is twofold. I had to find a way to deal with my demons, which even after all these years, seemed so reluctant to leave. Secondly and I believe just as important, was to reach out to others. It’s ...
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( 1 vote) - A heart warming story
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Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI would also like to share this story with you. Whilst emailing talk shows I sent an email to a particular lady host. It was strange as it took me some time to find her email address, but something told me to keep looking. Once found I emailed her. Within ten minutes I received an urgent reply, ...
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- There's a fine line
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Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Teresa JoyceI am a first time author and I have written a book about my own personal experience. My direct web page – http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1822 After an accident in which I injured my back, I was ill health retired. This has given me the time ...
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