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Category Archives: Breakdown
Empty Cold Place
from my journal for October 24 2021 Checking email, I saw something about how corporate interests are acting against the freedom of the internet. I could feel the “bad guys” closing in, and it reminded me of Etty Hillesum as … Continue reading
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Angry One
Feeling desperately scared the morning of June 22, I found it really hard even to go through my well-practiced routine of cooking breakfast. As soon as I finished breakfast and walked Mocha, I went down to the Clinic to see … Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Breakdown
I’ve been reading through my blog from the very beginning. I am once again in the 12 year cycle, at a time when Jupiter in the sky is opposed Jupiter’s position when I was born. Ever since 1972 I have … Continue reading
Guidance from August 2008
(Written in August 2008 and originally posted on March 16, 2010) Dear Guides and Guardian Spirits, it’s been a very stressful time, and I feel totally out of touch with Spirit. Please help me. Dear Jenny, we love you. Take … Continue reading
Two Whole Weeks of Terror, February 1971
from my journal. entries are undated. A lot of this is in a post from January 2016 how calmly does the olive branch observe the sky begin to blanch without a cry, without a prayer with no betrayal of despair… … Continue reading
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Wanting to Live my “Big Life”
This was originally posted on September 16, 2011. It’s such a good analysis of my typical breakdown. It was also a little shocking to find a relatively serious breakdown in 2003. I always think of the one in 2008, and … Continue reading
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Identity Confusion/Conflict (for lack of a better title)
Friday, June 8 Don’t know how to start. So odd. I read what I wrote down that Elizabeth said in our phone conversation — “Identity in flux” — yes that’s exactly my experience. “Attachment repair” — homies seeking to “re-identify” … Continue reading
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“…and it is trying desperately to flower…”
Written in Davis, California, at the time of my breakdown and hospitalization. This poor tree is hanging at the edge of the abyss — its roots have no soil and are trying to press into crevices in the rock, … Continue reading
50th Anniversary of Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King jr.
My journal entry for April 4, 1968 I don’t know where to start. It seemed as though the volcano was going to blow last night. I wanted to smash a window or something — perhaps because of Dr. King’s death? … Continue reading
Feeling Unreal
I haven’t posted anything for a while. My life has been very difficult: overwhelming, crazy-making. There’s an earlier post about Feeling Unreal, so that’s been another part of this difficult summer. I don’t even know how much sense this post … Continue reading
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