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welcome...
i'm really glad to see you!
you've found your way to the emotional feelings network of sites - "your unemotional
side 2."
your unemotional side - get's its name because all of the emotion & feelings words begin with "UN"!
kathleen
Why would someone spend
1000's of hours designing & keeping up these websites to offer free information to others?
I have to reply - "You're absolutely right! It
does take many, many hours each day to work on these sites. I'm a mother, a wife & an individual who has tons of
personal work to do as well as the usual family responsibilities!
How would I find the time?
Why do I do it? I use the opportunity to combine
my own recovery - personal growth journey with an important concept that I've made a commitment to:
"Helping yourself thru helping others..."
I was so excited when after years of searching for the answer to my everyday question, "What's
wrong with me?" that I felt determined to show others that if you don't quit & you know the path to take, you can find your answers as well!
My immediate concern was " mental health." While I didn't know what was wrong with me, I did have one medical specialist tell me that my physical pain was due to
a "mental problem."
I didn't quite understand it all, I was wallowing
in many different symptoms of mental illness like panic attacks, severe anxiety & finally my eating disorder symptoms
of waking up numerous times in the night to eat.
Just as you may have seen recently on either public service television commercials
for depression or in your doctor's office waiting room; mental illness can manifest itself in physical symptoms that include many sources
of discomfort. I was also experiencing the symptoms of "irritable bowel syndrome," that had started early on in my life.
So I started with the mental health site that now exists within the network:
(be sure to read the following description)
I've reached a point in my own personal recovery & growth journey that I believe I can describe accurately most of the emotions & feelings within the emotional feelings network of sites without using any information from anyone
else.
But since the ruination of the " extremely emotional"
site - I had to stop & ask myself - remembering to be aware & mindful of what's happening in my present moment -
"Why did this happen to me?" (the unreasonable ruin of my site, of
course!)
or - Choosing to seek a positive return for a negative energy passing my way - what would the positive ramifications be of having to go through every single page of a network of 28+ sites to delete the links to my ruined site?
Geez... now that I think of it... I've asked myself that question quite a few times before... "Why did this happen to me?"
& I searched & searched for an answer, wasting time & positive energy on something very simple... Life is what's happening. Just look to find the positive about it instead of the negative!
This is what I am looking for now in all aspects of my life. I'm looking for the " positive" reasons things happen. I remember what I've learned from my past to be prepared to have to confront negativities with my re-gained " power & control" on my side now instead of the enemy; but I choose now to look upon the face of countenance instead of upheaval.
After pondering a few days on this subject, while going through every page
of the emotional feelings site - here - to unlink all the emotion & feelings words " s" thru the end of the alphabet - I realized something magnificent.
"This is my opportunity to take the time to check ALL linked words to be
sure they're being directed to the correct places. This is my opportunity to re-check spelling & grammar. This is my opportunity
to try to express in my own words - the most meaningful knowledge I've recently acquired!
I'll write what I've learned about the whole cake, almost 6 years of growth - not
just reveal a the first piece of the cake! - I still offer other author's works to explain situational inferences
to emotions & feelings!
I'll try to the best of my ability to explain the importance of every emotion & feeling. I'm honored you chose the emotional feelings network of sites to visit!
kathleen
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Imagine yourself as the newborn
baby you once were. Whether you're a man, woman, teen, grandma - you've somewhere in time encountered the miracle of
a new born baby. The miracle of course is the fact that the baby is pure. It hasn't suffered anything. It's beautiful, perfect
in all of our eyes. We can feel the newness, the pureness of heart & the wonder of the moment of pure innocence.
Close your eyes
to picture the very moment that you were born. Maybe you know the story of your birth, maybe not. But if you have some
kind of idea, do you know who was in the room when you were born? Who was in the waiting room of the hospital? Who waited
at home for the phone to ring, saying that the time had come?! You were born! And what was the very first thing you did?
With your knowledge
of your birth moment right this minute - how does your personal birth picture make you feel?
What is the first thing that
everyone wants to hear when a newborn baby is born? The
cry! Can you see the picture in your mind?
And so it is with every
baby that is born upon the face of the earth. Did you ever think about your own birth? What were the circumstances of your birth?
Each of us has a different
story. Each of us are unique. We all had different beginnings. It's this unique, individual beginning that we build
on. As a newborn baby we are perfect. We are an empty slate that will be written upon throughout our entire lives. This is
how you must think of yourself as you go through the emotion & feelings pages.
This process is how I learned that emotions & feelings were a vital part of personal growth & recovery. How can we emerge into a state of well being at a much later age, like me - beginning again at age 45! How could I understand why I was the person I was at age 45 if I didn't go backwards & see exactly what was written
upon my empty slate - from the very beginning of my life?
It's not an easy task, but I challenge you to walk through each of the sites with me as I tell you my story & how you can go back to see for yourself - how
you became the person you are today & what you can do to begin a life full of understanding
& well being - both mental & physical!
I'm sure you
can think of all the possibilities that the babies being born into the world today might encounter. What's being written on those clean
empty black slates that belong to the newborn babies of today? Just as when you were born, it's all different.
The reason is simple. I had NO clarity of thought. I had confusion, hurt & a thick fog. I was living in such turmoil & pain that I wasn't able to start at anyone's beginning. I did the best I could under the circumstances I was dealing with. I had to wait for the medications to take hold to alleviate the severe symptoms of mental illness I was experiencing.
I had to admit to myself that I was experiencing mental illness. That's
sometimes a tough piece of meat to cut through. I had to grasp at straws to find a starting point after living one year in
my bedroom - totally isolated from everyone. I had to "come back to life" so to speak & find some element of who I was before I could go back to my
beginnings - able to see the connections.
You see our life is nothing but connections. The connection of our birth to what was written on our blank slate from then on. How we coped with the elements that were detrimental to
our well being as newborn babies, toddlers & then children. Connecting our early childhoods to our teenage years. Continuing the path of the volumes of written experiences that formed us into
the people we eventually turned out to be as a young adult.
It's all connected. Your family history, your first, second & third year of life, pretty much establishing
by then the actual personality, temperament (additional info concerning temperament click here) of the person you are today. Believe it or not... that's how it happens & if anything disrupted what might have been a "perfect" upbringing - who knows what might transpire.
Developing coping mechanisms when our needs weren't met, pushing through the parenting techniques of an untrained parent, dealing with not enough attention, too much attention, whatever happened... it all has a bearing
on who you are right now as you read my words. And this is why I'm using this opportunity - the fact that Lycos messed up
one of the sites that is interwoven into the network - as a positive stepping stone to introduce to you all what I've learned throughout my 5 - 6 years
of personal growth & recovery.
I believe & work very hard to offer this special feature
within all of the emotional feelings network of sites webpages. When you read thru the articles, definitions or quotations
- you will see the underlined link words (all emotion & feeling words, as well as other specifically
pertinent to recovery & personal growth words) that are offered for you to delve even further into the meaning
of the information being displayed.
The reason I believe this so important for you in recovery from many dysfunctions
or personal growth efforts is that often we can't make progress until we allow ourselves to be open to all possibilities &
allow ourselves to develop a sense of curiosity.
When you click on the underlined link words - a new window will always
open - leaving you with the original window of information that you began with. You do not have to delete your original window,
just minimize it until you have looked over your new & additional information concerning the emotion or feeling underlined
link word you clicked on.
There are also underlined link words for additional resources offered
to you as in:
- It's in the News... article titles you can click on that will open in a
new browser window as well - that are pertinent & up to date with information concerning the emotion or feeling word featured
on the page
- Very Important Additional Resources....article titles or website addresses
for additional resource information that is very valuable - no need to search the web on a search engine - these sites are
pertinent & timely in their presentations
- Article & Book Titles within an article.... you will find article links
for articles copyrighted & not posted at the authors request, but too valuable to leave out, additional referred to articles
as posted by the author of the article & links to websites that the author refers to within the articles.
feature #2: the emotional
feelings network of sites
Throughout the 5 years I've been working on these sites, the information base has grown immensely. I found that personally, while my research
began with learning about mental illness, I progressed in my personal growth & recovery until I realized that it was essential that I work on my unresolved feelings & emotions - learning to identify what
I've been feeling & not dealing with throughout my life - to begin to resolve dysfunctional events in my life.
in beginning to study emotions & feelings I found
that so many emotions & feelings were intertwined with each other that I began to have to add more emotions & feelings
to my original "one" emotional feelings site.
then I discovered as well that our unresolved emotions
& feelings are directly tied into our mental illnesses, dysfunctional thinking, false or misguided beliefs, eating disorders,
lifestyle habits, etc. until I realized that the only possible option was to include a network of sites that would link everything
together.
this is another reason why the underlined link word
system is so important. the underlined link words will take you throughout a network of sites that pertain to many important
subjects.
see the index of sites included within the emotional feelings network of sites directly over in the right hand column!
feature #3: special word definitions!
some authors use some pretty strange words in their articles,
so i highlight words that may be difficult to understand with the color pink! the definition is then included at the bottom
of that page!
feature #4:
at the bottom of each page there is a link to
the site where the articles displayed on each page came from, unless, of course, i have accessed that information somewhere
& an unknown source was listed.
feature # 5: some articles by yours truly!
you'll find the notation, "personal note:" or sometimes just an article with my
name, "kathleen," or "kathleen howe" as the author. i try to write on each homepage an article entitled, "i just gotta say it!" all participation by yours truly
is totally dependent on how much time i have available for it...
Visiting The Layer Down Under: click the underlined
link!
The Layer Down Under at one time, was
included in the spare space on each site & consists of additional information that wasn't accessible thru our navigational
menu on the left hand side of each page.
The Layer Down Under is a source of information concerning the tools that you'll need to "dig in deep" while exploring your emotions & feelings.
I named it The Layer Down Under because as you'll soon discover, if you haven't already, that there
are layers & layers of unresolved emotions & feelings buried deep within each of us. To get down beneath the very first layer of them all, you need to learn some additional information that will help you
understand how to resolve those old hurts, raw open & sore emotions that have been underlying everything you've done in your life.
Discover one emotion & be sure that it's secondary to the original or another emotion that's above the original emotion experienced during your traumas. That's the way it works.... Just peel back the layers down under to learn more & more
buried information.
Subjects covered in The
Layer Down Under....
Beliefs - Extracting False Ones & Realizing where the beliefs you have - came from....
We all have beliefs. Most of our belief systems were formed
when we were children living in a dysfunctional world... often times learned from our parents who were dysfunctional
themselves....
Can you open up your mind to the possibility that your entire belief system is based on false beliefs? check out this page - then think again!
Body Image....
Although
it was discovered in the 1950's, professionals haven't studied much about it.... I believe that my negative body image sold me on eating at night for comfort among other things.... Read more about what people are facing these days with their own body image issues....
Accepting Change....
Change isn't easy. We all get used to doing things a certain way & although we may know it's not the "best" way for us
that we do these things... it's so hard to accept that we have to change. Acceptance is the first detail to work on when we're talking about changing ourselves....
This page isn't just about emotions, not one in particular, but about how we deal with our emotions, the importance of emotions, what happens to our emotions if we don't feel them & end up stuffing them - also about kids & their emotions as well as teens!
It's also about emotional intelligence, a very important topic to understand!
Feelings The same goes for this "feelings page." About feelings generally, why we experience feelings, what we do with them, what we don't do with them that we should as well as other general information concerning feelings... it's an interesting page!
Insight
While professionals & experts,
well - you know - those educated people, maybe like you, are out their in their worlds of business, finance & other mainstays
of our modern world, there seems to be an elemnet of doubt concerning some of the subjects contained in The Layer Down Under...
Like... how important is it for us
to look for insightful information in our every day lives?...
After being raised by well educated
parents who didn't know anything about "insight" I can rightfully say that most people are letting their educations get in the way of this important factor that they're
missing out on in their educated lives.... that's right, i said it.... don't be too educated to miss out on concentrating
on the insightful information you may be missing in your daily life, this page talks about that abit!
Inspiration
Another blessing
often passed by is the gift of inspiration. How open are you to allowing yourself to be touched by an inspiring message? How
hard do some of you work to look the other way, saying, "this is crap...." instead of pondering on what could be a very inspiring
message?
Intentions
This is an interesting topic that I've wanted to cover from the beginning of my website ventures.... you could
say,
"I've had the intention
of covering this topic since the beginning of the emotional feelings network, perhaps because it hits so close to home (being a personal interest) that I've procrastinated a bit about it." Just what do your intentions
say about you as an individual? How come many of us fall short on fulfilling our good intentions? An interesting topic - are
you willing to ask yourself some important questions?
Intuition
Just how intuitive
do you allow yourself to be?
Do you hold any
stock whatsoever in what your intuition tells you? Maybe you should check out this page to find out the importance of
being open & present enough to rely on your intuition for making important decisions.
Letting Go.... Do you know how? After we discover that underneath our anger with life there's an open wound left behind from abandonment, abuse or
some other dysfunction in our past, how willing are you to sit and feel that unresolved emotion or feeling, so you can "let
go" of it & settle that account out of your life? Don't know how? This page lends some insight on that topic.
Listening... Are you an empathetic listener?
This is one of my personal vices.... I admit it. I'm not a good
listener at times, especially when it comes to my husband. I sure want him to listen to me though. The times do happen though,
when I can keep my mouth shut long enough to soak in just what he's trying to tell me, and believe me.... it's usually a very
insightful experience. It's amazing what we can learn about others as well as ourselves when we choose to keep our mouths
shut and empathetically listen to someone.
Mingling with Mindfulness...
Another faux pas of the educated community, is ignoring the
fact that most of us are not living "in the present' moment to allow ourselves to be mindful. It's how we solve some of our
most difficult blockages, by being mindful of what is happening around us, by what we encounter along the journey of self
growth. Let yourself become mindful - it takes practice, but well worth the effort.
Opinion... Everyone seems to have one.... This is a subject that I have had trouble finding information
on believe it or not.... Opinions are everywhere, available to us everyday whether we want to listen to them or not! I like
opinions. I am curious as to why people believe the way they do! I like to ask some questions after I hear peoples' opinions
& try to understand just why they think the way they do. Hoping to learn something from someone's elses belief system
is an interesting opportunity. How curious are you about someone elses' opinions? Can you say you even care how anyone else
thinks?
living in "the present"
Are you always thinking ahead or behind? Many of us are stuck in a rut of a very common avoidance behavior that involves
us being preoccupied with what we have experienced in the past, which hinders our growing in the present moment, or always
thinking ahead as to what we want to do in our future. taking the time to be "present" in your life allows you to use some
of the tools you'll find in The Layer Down Under, to be happier in your life & make some important changes.
Reflections.... how clear is your mirror of opportunity?
That's right,
how clear is your mirror of opportunity? Do you take the time
to reflect on anything? Does your behavior reflect a certain behavior you're stuck in? Do you even want to go there? Be real
with yourself, letting your authentic self be known. Take time to reflect on important subjects, be open, mindful & in
the present moment to reflect on just who you are as a person.
Risk Taking ... How Vulnerable will you allow yourself to be? Pretty good question, isn't it?
Life can be extremely hurtful to us at times.
I rely on the wisdom of a great book when I think about taking risks.... it's a book that I read when I was a teenager,
it seemed to be all the craze back then, but it's wisdom is eternal... the author, kahlil gibran in the book - The Prophet
- offers such gems as "how can you know joy if you haven't experienced sorrow?" that's what risk taking is about.... allowing
yourself to be open, maybe to sorrow, but what can you learn from that sorrow is my question to you.... what can you learn
from letting down your defensive outer shell & learning to take some risks?
stress
Now we know that
we can be stressed even in the womb. What about that? Geez o Pete! It's amazing what research can tell us these days about
stress... learn more about keeping stress out of your life here....
Thoughts & Our Thinking Processes
Not Dinnertime conversation for us baby boomers - that's for sure...
For us it was always the line from our parents, "Because that's
what I said!" or "Because that's the way it is!" Well for us as adults, we have to examine how we think, especially
us "boomers." What we believed is most likely, not so, and how we think, is most likely slightly mixed up.... can you be real enough
with yourself to really examine & maybe even change how you think about things?
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the three newest pages at the layer down under!
boundaries....: something we need to learn about for healthier relationships!
how miserable is your life because your expectations
never seem to come to fruition? perhaps we need to evaluate those expectations or get rid of them all together!
humor.... how many people do you wish had a better sense of humor?
how about yourself? did you forget that you were supposed to have one?
the e-mail connection!
send me an e-mail anytime!
if you have questions, suggestions or just want to say "hey!"
i do make many of my own graphics, dividers & such... go ahead and use them
if you like! i'm all about sharing!
i often see that people are visiting the sites
from an image centered search, so feel free!
kathleen
in just a few sites, you'll notice lots of "theme" type graphics instead of this
standard blue & white striped background! those graphics are borrowed from the following site! kitty is awesome and i
thank her profoundly as i feel that mental health issues, emotions & feelings & other important topics can sometimes
be a bit boring, so they need something exciting sometimes..... kitty does a great job!
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Okay.... after the cry... what
does the baby expect? (Our first experience with expectations! This is scary!) It has just gone through
a painful journey through the birth canal, experienced it's first breath of air, been maybe - spanked - by the doctor, prodded,
poked & suctioned by the nurses - what do you think that baby - that baby who is you is expecting?
Why would someone spend thousands of hours designing &
keeping up these websites to offer free information to others?
I often receive e-mail that asks, "Who are you anyway? Why do you do this? It
must take thousands of hours to work on these sites!"
I have to reply - "You're absolutely right! It does take
many, many hours each day to work on these sites. So why do I do it? I use these sites to help others as well as learn
everything that is included in them for myself. I read every article & implement as much as I can into my own recovery
process. Helping others is so worthwhile for me. I enjoy working on the computer, receiving e-mail from those trying to help
themselves & are stuck with something or need help, and most of all - you can learn so much more from helping others than
you'll ever know unless you take on such a venture yourself."
I can only urge you to take the opportunity to send an e-mail for your
specific needs & to utilize the underlined link word opportunities as they are so beneficial!
kathleen
p.s. as for "who am i?" i'm just someone that is just like
you - searching for answers in recovery of many dysfunctions & mental illness (post traumatic stress disorder & others) that has made a commitment to helping others.
using feature #2:
All emotions
& feelings are in alphabetical order. You will travel through
the underlined link words throughout the emotional feelings network of sites.
This is the index of all the sites
you'll find within the network:
Emotional Feelings: containing all feelings & emotions that begin
with “a”
Emotional Feelings, too: containing all feelings & emotions that begin
with “c”
Emotional Feelings, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "b"
Emotional Feelings 4: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "d"
Feeling Emotional, too: containing all feelings & emotions beginning
with the letters “e & f ”
Feeling Emotional, 4: containing all feelings & emotions beginning
with the letters "g thru i"
Feeling Emotional, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters
"j thru n"
Feeling Emotional: containing all feelings & emotions
beginning with the letters “o thru r”
your "Un"emotional Side: This site highlights all feelings & emotions using the prefix "un" before them - beginning with
the "letter a" & ending with the "letter k."
i.e., unaware, unacceptable, uncontrollable,
the layer down under: this site offers more than feelings & emotions! the subjects contained in the layer down under are highlighted in the lefthand
column to give you the feel of some important topics you'll need to consider in feeling
& emotion work as well as general personal growth or recovery processes.
the self pages: containing the topics that are prefixed
with the word, "self" - such as self acceptance, self actualization,
self defeated, self help, self love, etc.
anxieties 101: this site contains information concerning the following topics. you can click on any of the
underlined title words to travel over to that specific page if you see something that you are immediately interested in!
what is mental illness?
anxiety disorders
generalized & social anxiety disorders: separation anxiety mentioned as well
caregiver anxiety
panic disorder: information regarding panic attacks included
phobias: specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia - additional page linked off of this page: the phobia list
obsessive compulsive disorder: mention of other obsessive compulsive disorder (tourettes, etc.)
post traumatic stress disorder: acute stress disorder
since depression is very often co-existing
with the above anxiety disorders as well as emotions & feelings, eating disorders, abuse & other forms of dysfunction,
there's plenty of information regarding depression & other mood, or affective disorders included.
depression page: links to other depression information within the site - additional pages linked off of this page: bipolar disorder, mood & affective disorders
how it all works: this page is offered because I found the information very important in understanding mental illness & recovery processes,
how your brain works, how your brain is linked to many subjects, etc. as well as a glossary of mental health terms...
the more you
learn about mental illness, the more you begin to realize about how prevalent it is within different
age groups. therefore, i've broken it down into different age levels on each of the following pages...
children & mental illness: topics concerning children & mental illness as well as info concerning the currently being developed site, children 101 - this site can be accessed while being developed! additional pages linked off of this page: parenting 101
teens & mental illness: different topics concerning teens & mental illness for parents to look over as well as info about the teenscene site!
young adults & mental illness: what concerns young adults directly in relationship with mental health & well being, i.e., college, eating disorders
& other issues
men & mental illness: what concerns men directly with mental health & lifestyle, parenting, job related issues
women & mental illness: what concerns women directly in relationship with mental health, parenting, career & other issues -separate page for
women about hormonal changes & connection with mental illness
seniors & mental illness:what concerns seniors directly in relationship with mental health, life transitions & other issues
lifestyle factors
have a huge link to our mental health. through my research i found that i needed education concerning my lifestyle habits
that had a great bearing on my well being, so i included lifestyle pages on this site as well.
lifestyle diet: it's surprising to learn the ramifications of a nutritious diet in relationship with your mental health
& well being!
lifestyle exercise: a direct connection to mental health! the importance of exercise in your life!
lifestyle sleep: information regarding sleep habits, sleep, sleep hygeine & the importance of sleep in relation to
mental health....additional pages linked from this page: insomnia, special sleep problems in children
lifestyle relaxation: descriptions concerning different relaxation techniques & explanations as to how important relaxation
is in our lives
lifestyle counseling: explanations of different kinds of counseling, the importance of counseling, definitions concerning
counseling, etc.
lifestyle medications: information concerning medications used for different mental illness & sleep disorders
disasters unpredicted: page accessed from this page: understanding trauma
the following is a separate site you may
visit with the emotional feelings network of sites!
night eating: i experienced this eating/sleeping disorder for most of my life
& finally beat it. this website offers information concerning eating & sleeping disorder & pays particular attention
to night eating syndrome!
teenscene: this site is for teens, similar to anxieties101! - & just a quick heads up to your parents with teens! i began to monitor where the people who visit teenscene 101 were coming from & lo & behold !!! - there were lots of hits coming from other sites concerning teens, PORN SITES - and some of them very disgusting to say the least.
so i added
a new, "fake" home page onto teenscene to monitor how many hits i would get on the real homepage, after seeing how many people came to the new "fake" home
page. i put a short sweet little note on there that says, " this is teenscene 101. it's a site for teens who are searching for info concerning teen life. it's not a porn site! but if you were looking for
a porn site - click here - and i sent them to the addictions page at the layer down under that features my thoughts on porn addiction....
sexual predators
are everywhere... make sure your significant other isn't surfing the web for anything that says
"teen" on it & watch where your kids are surfing, because believe it or not, it's one of the newest teen pasttimes!
kathleen!
as you can see....
there's plenty of information within the
pages of "your unemotional side" that involves many different situations for learning about your
emotions & feelings.
take the time to click on the underlined links to visit the pages that reveal
more info concerning the emotion or feeling that is underlined. this can help you to gain more clarity in your understanding
of how you are feeling & what to do to resolve problems concerning that emotion or feeling you are experiencing the difficulties
with.
the words on the pages that are highlighted with pink are words that may present
difficulty in understanding the entire meaning of the article you are reading. for your convenience, as well as your total
understanding of the information, you'll find "additional definitions" of the pink words at the bottom of each page!
no need for you to guess or wonder, just scroll down for clarifications!
check back often, especially if the emotion or feeling you are inquiring about
has a blank page. i add emotions & feelings often & it takes time to find the proper information concerning each subject.
we're all in a perpetual state of personal growth here & i'm glad that you found "your unemotional
side as well as emotional feelings, emotional feelings, too, feeling emotional & feeling emotional, too!"
as you may have already figured out, the emotional feelings network of sites is
linked to my other sites concerning mental health, lifestyle changes, eating disorders, abuse, parental alienation & children.
some of the underlined links will take you to the other websites, but will always open in a new window so you don't lose your
original place here at "your unemotional side."
these sites are all a result of my own journey in personal growth, recovery
from anxiety disorders, eating disorder, domestic violence & family dysfunction. i hope you can find something that will
encourage you to continue to search for happiness in your life.
kathleen....
"i've just
gotta say it!"
November 2008
kathleen howe
I've just
gotta say it...
I've been
doing a great deal of self reflection work this month.
I haven't been good to myself and it's time that habit stopped forever. How about that? I not only wish that I'd made
this commitment to myself much sooner; I wish that I had realized the importance of being good to ones' self. Does this sound like
something you would be able to admit about yourself? Think about it for awhile and then continue thinking about
it until you come up with a concrete conclusion.
I made a
commitment to myself about the emotional feelings network of sites and I've kept
my word. I made that commitment when there was only one site. Although the one site grew into a network of 28+ sites - I've
kept my commitment of continuing to work on these sites and hold them close to my heart. Therefore, along with the realization
that things have changed for me since that initial commitment - especially in the arena of personal growth and recovery -
I just want to be sure that everyone who is a fan of this network realizes that I'm going to work on in the coming year, making
some very profound changes in the sites.
I have always
kept the sites limited in space because they are free
sites; but now I have started with this site, paying a monthly fee to keep the site packed full of information past the economy
level of "freedom," to allow this site to grow in size instead of opening up anymore sites. Now I have to pay for this
site because it is well over the "free" amount of space and is continuing to grow because I'm paying the fee. I'm still not
working so this is difficult. I can't say that I'm not working - these sites are a lot of work!
And I have begun
sending out agent query letters in an attempt to publish my first book, titled, "Triggered" which
has to do with my real life living with post traumatic stress disorder, depression and the night eating disorder that I lived
with most of my life.
So that's
work, too, especially writing - that's lots of work.
I have also begun sending out agent query letters for the children's books I have written. I am pursuing my dream. This is
the first step I am making in keeping true to the second commitment I've ever made to myself. I have committed to being good
to myself so I am no longer allowing my self fulfilling prophecy of failure deemed by my father when I was only eighteen years
old to be true. I am going to be a very successful author and business woman and I am counting on myself to make it happen.
Therefore
- I'm spending the $10.00 a month it takes to maintain
this site. Before long, that cost could double, triple - well there's 28+ sites and that's enough sites, they'll just have
to cost me money from now on to make them all larger! You must realize that I've spent so many hours on these sites for seven
years that I'd never be able to count them, but I've loved every minute of it.
My favorite
part of the sites has been meeting all of you out there.
You all have made a profound difference in my life. I've been so inspired and encouraged through the emails exchanged and
the friendships formed throughout my seven years with the emotional feelings network of sites - I just can't describe the
depth of emotion and feeling that has touched my heart through my correspondences with all of you. Thank you!
I can't imagine every leaving the sites behind, truly. It warms my heart to hear from you all and I know how painful and difficult life can be at times. I just hope
that something you find here helps you.
My goals
for my children's books are to have the proceeds from
those books go to a special fund for parents and children's mental health needs. I'm so hoping to start up a foundation that
allows parents who need help with their mental health and don't have insurance to get the help they need. This is a big goal,
but I have big ideas and now that I'm going to be good to myself - I'm going to be successful with this venture. Children
need mental health counseling as well. I think that there's also a huge need for a mental health assessment for all teachers.
Teachers have such an impact upon our children while they spend so much of their time in the classroom and unfortunately -
I've seen too many teachers needing a mental health assessment and no one has funding for those types of things. Perhaps this
foundation will be able to help with that project as well.
I've also
been attending to my "needs" in my new commitment to being good to myself. I've just recently gone to a sleep
clinic here at Kettering Hospital and I've been to visit a
new psychological nurse practitioner who evaluates you for medication needs, which I am trying to get straight with. I've
also started to go to counseling again, after having my PTSD triggered again. My brains have been almost solid mush lately
in changing meds and dealing with PTSD symptoms once again, but I'm fighting it. I won't give up. I'm doing what I need to
do to be healthy both mentally and physically.
Therefore, in keeping with my newest commitment, I'm hoping that you'll end
up seeing more to help you here at the emotional feelings network of sites.
Making some money will allow me to spend more time and money right here - finding information, answering emails and helping
those whom I can help in some way. I hope that this month you'll begin to see changes here at the homepage of the network.
I hope this month finds you all well and ready
to share a Thanksgiving Dinner with someone that you love or care about!
Visit the website "werenotafraid.com"
and hopefully you'll be able to view some of the pictures...
the response was so overwhelming that the site is using more
than the allotted bandwith obviously as you can't access the galleries any time you visit, you just have to be patient!
emotional feelings network of sites
would like to join in on the statement being made by the populations worldwide, and offers an oppotunity for you to make your
own - we're not afraid - picture and send them in here at emotional feelings to replace the pics that are already in place
all over the site! just send them to:
kathleen
ps. read more about the website and see one of the pics submitted
to the website by visiting the "afraid page" just click !!!
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