Giving up

[nats]

agreeing with Tangled. this stuff is HARD and seems to take FOREVER, whether you're working hard on it like Tangled or repressing and ignoring like us - it's always there to some extent because it's part of your life. however, it does get better if you face it and work on it and it takes as long as it takes you to accept and work through fear b/c fear and pain are at the heart of this stuff and some people are faster and some slower at acceptance.

the one sure thing is it will take longer than you expect and there's rarely some magical moment of 'cure.' it just gets better bit by bit and at some point you notice it.

in the meantime, taking time for simple joys really makes all the diff for many of us.