Category Archives: Trauma

Prayer Call for India

Posted on May 11, 2021 by jenny

On Sunday, May 9, I participated in a Zoom call for prayers for the people in India suffering from the COVID overwhelm. It was put on by ServiceSpace. I got this from the folks who put it on, thanking us: … Continue reading →

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Guide Meditation: Robin Williams

Posted on May 10, 2021 by jenny

June 17, 1993 Writers group, Sybil & Lynn Guide Meditation: This is a standard one, I don’t remember where I got it. I may have had it on tape. You start following a path, then come to a cave, then … Continue reading →

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Safe Places for Me

Posted on May 6, 2021 by jenny

I have felt unsafe most of my life without realizing it. Growing up, I felt safe in a book, and in the woods. Books and nature have remained places of safety for me. Looking back, I realized I felt safe … Continue reading →

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The Support of the Ordinary, Reprise

Posted on May 5, 2021 by jenny

I did a blog post on the support of the ordinary back in November of 2018. I had been at Kendal for about a year. Here’s a paragraph: Erica has been telling me that I will begin to get a … Continue reading →

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Accept the Reality of Who I Am?

Posted on May 4, 2021 by jenny

This came from Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations: It’s written by Claude AnShin Thomas, a Vietnam Veteran struggling with PTSD. I realize I’ve been struggling with my PTSD, trying to heal it so I could finally “have a life.” I keep … Continue reading →

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Disconnected

Posted on May 2, 2021 by jenny

Sunday, May 2 At Hanover Meeting on Zoom. Feeling badly disconnected. This is a result of my early trauma, and the social distancing. Dear Inner Divine Voice, I’m scared and lost and desperately need help. Dear Jenny, I am right … Continue reading →

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Knockdown

Posted on April 17, 2021 by jenny

Almost two weeks ago now, I had a fall and hurt my right knee. My left knee had been giving me trouble and I had just walked around Rivercrest twice without it hurting, and was feeling pretty good. Then BAM! … Continue reading →

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An Anarchist Quaker’s Prayer to Soothe Anxiety

Posted on April 12, 2021 by jenny

This came from Yes! Magazine. I copied it into a document I call “Resource,” which I go to in times of trouble. I’m doing really badly right now, and this seemed appropriate. I wish I could manage to soothe myself, … Continue reading →

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Overwhelmed, and Lack of Resources

Posted on April 7, 2021 by jenny

I am having a very hard time. My brain doesn’t seem to be working very well. I keep being badly thrown off by very little things. It’s true that my left knee hurts, not a lot but it’s obvious that … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift

Posted on March 26, 2021 by jenny

Recently I realized that the two worlds I shift between, the one where I’m stuck in depression, worthless, living a meaningless broken life, and the one where I haven’t wasted my suffering, and my work on myself benefits everyone — … Continue reading →

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