During these chaotic and troublesome times, prayer and connectivity with God is key. When I become worried about things beyond my control, I look skyward and pass the worry to my Lord. Lay troubles at God’s feet and He will take them, so we don’t have to carry them by ourself. This is the actionContinue reading “Stay Close and Tight”
Category Archives: recovery
PTSD for Life
In the most difficult realizations comes a life sentence. PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder Is the diagnosis for surviving an often cataclysmic event or series of events that cause constant repeated stress on a victim. Not recalling the mechanisms used to live with the disease is a short coming that affected my recent years. I lostContinue reading “PTSD for Life”
Brain Chaos
Some days become a struggle right from the git go. And then day after day starts the same way. There must be a point where this changes or nothing gets accomplished. This is termed ‘brain chaos’ in my here and now. And I sought the advice of my psychiatrist to help find some answers. IContinue reading “Brain Chaos”
Rx Do Nots
Being on anti-depressant medication is not what I signed up for. But assimilation to the status quo was easy. I was told I may always need them because of the PTSD disease I suffer. And for many years I accepted this fate. I lived life with subdued highs and lows in order to get throughContinue reading “Rx Do Nots”
Talk with my Mom
I talked with my mom today. I was thrilled deep inside with a love so strong I swelled with each intake of air. The instant I heard her voice my body tension eased. She sounded happy and filled with joy like always. She taught me that it takes 42 more muscles to frown than itContinue reading “Talk with my Mom”
FREED’S LAW
Rachell decides to look up “FREED’s LAW” passed in the state of Tennessee as she contemplates returning to the legislature to do more work. She recalls the last time she checked TN code 28-3-116 her law status and discovered the estate clause had been removed. And then she notices something has changed. There is moreContinue reading “FREED’S LAW”
Meet Me on a Podcast
Please learn about my story in this new podcast Talk It Out With Marla P and let me know if you want to chat. YouTube Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-it-out-with-marla-p/id1754759986?i=1000671823825 Watch for these podcasts too:
FRINGE
Sadly, fringe. Not diminishing life one iota. Just the reason believing came easy. Not shared fearing isolation, estrangement. Admonishment of insanity by society whole. Never feeling quite the fit to humanity. Back to believing. Accepting norm never set right. Pretending to be average, steady as she goes like. But turbulent underneath to core. Wanting toContinue reading “FRINGE”
Never Back Down
I discovered firm decisions are hard to come by when most of my life I would go with the flow. I found situations less combative to oppose rules and regulations, whether directly or not applied to my actions. Communication restrictions were the worst. Who I talked to, when and why got to an extreme. IContinue reading “Never Back Down”
Perfection No Longer
Perfection is not all it is cracked up to be. Along with stress, anxiety and possible high blood pressure comes negative perception of self because nobody is perfect. A child abuse victim often feels if I am picture perfect then maybe none of this harm would happen to me. Behaviors of exactness build to hideContinue reading “Perfection No Longer”
HE IS FOREVER WITH ME 