a simulacrum of attachment
A bit scary, though!!
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10, 2026
31
10, 2026
the morning after
Trying to lift my mood this morning! If I had two molecules of dopamine to rub together it would be a miracle! After the highs of yesterday, I hit my morning with a bit of [...]
30
10, 2026
drats! Not again :-(
I feel like a sad dog. When am I going to start SHOWING UP!?! It has gone beyond a joke. I need to show up, no matter what. 'No ifs, no buts, no maybes', as [...]
1
10, 2026
what IS love?
I think love is when you feel happy to see the person you love happy. That is how love looks like to me. :-D
13
09, 2026
makes a difference if I am honest *prayer hands emoji
It is true. . . I need to hold my toy rabbit. . . They are sitting askew (with legs crossed) on my crossed leg right now. Perhaps I will give him a massage in [...]
28
04, 2025
splinters
I feel like I am going to have to jump one way or another. Sitting on the fence is giving me splinters. :-P The choice seems to be between opening up in both directions of [...]
9
11, 2023
Winnicott transitional object in adult life
I find it very interesting that often when a particular long-term love interest finds its way back into my life I start reaching for my toy rabbit to cuddle. It is such an intuitive response [...]
16
09, 2023
A fly in the ointment – real-life
Have you ever considered the way that social media (or any form of social interaction) on the interweb impacts your real-world social life? I Googled 'social media is making us antisocial' (or a near variant) [...]
28
06, 2023
Feeling sad thoughts – self-compassion statements
Are you feeling sad today? I can empathise. I have been feeling sad lately too. Someone who had made me feel like they cared for me, left me suddenly and I have had feeling sad [...]
20
10, 2022
Self-compassion for a crappy day
Do you ever have one of those crappy days when things go pear-shaped for whatever reason, and you are left in psychological pain? We all have those kinds of days sometimes. It is a part [...]