Comments for Voices of Glass http://voicesofglass.com One man's journey through Paranoid Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Faith and Life. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:55:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Days of The Crows! by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/11/days-of-the-crows/#comment-4645 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:55:30 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3902#comment-4645 Hi Sis :)

Every blogger should have the right to post freely about how they feel and I absolutely support your right to do so. The nature of our blogs means that yes, sometimes our readers – including me – will take our comments personally when not meant that way or wrongly (ie differently to how they were intended). But at the end of the day that is down to our (or more specifically mine in this case) mental health and we can’t always safeguard against this.

Please don’t be concerned I have rationalized it all pout in my mind now and am ok with it all.

Hope you are well?

Love and blessings to you and to sissy too

Kevin.

]]> Comment on Days of The Crows! by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/11/days-of-the-crows/#comment-4644 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:51:51 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3902#comment-4644 Hi Kiddo,

Thank you for your kind words.

Love to you and the boys

Dad

]]> Comment on Days of The Crows! by survivor55 http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/11/days-of-the-crows/#comment-4637 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:29:27 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3902#comment-4637 It is difficult when words from others, whether innocently stated or purposely spoken to wound, can play over and over in our heads. That happened to me just a few days ago and I’ve been in constant contact with the Holy Spirit praying for Him to remove those words from my mind. This morning — for it is now morning where I live — I said if I was still somehow holding onto those words, that is if I was the one who was not capable of letting them go into His hands, I asked Jesus to at least remove the sting of them. Then I spent quite a wonderful time discussing with God what those words spoken in hatred truly meant. In other words, I took the hatred away, or God did, and looked at them realistically to see what applied and what didn’t, how I thought what I thought about them, etc. It’s led to some ideas for a post, which I’m pondering still about writing. I’d love to discuss it in my blog, but hesitate a bit because of the spiritual nature. I’m never certain if I’ll come across too preachy or bore those who are not so spiritually inclined. It covers two different subjects, so I’m not sure whether to tackle them both in one post or not. I think what makes it especially difficult for me to think of writing it AND publishing it is because I think it falls into that grey area where it’s more an individual interpretation as opposed to a black and white either believe Me and obey Me statement from God. I hope you know what I mean, Kevin.

I’m sorry you’ve had such a difficult time of it. I’m sorry if the words I wrote in my desperate post started this for you. If you read all the comments you will see Frank thought it was about him, too. I love you with all my heart, my dear brother, and would never intentionally hurt you!! Please forgive me if I have.

Love,
Kathy

]]> Comment on Days of The Crows! by myvoiceawoken http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/11/days-of-the-crows/#comment-4636 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:07:03 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3902#comment-4636 I find it crazy how our minds can be filled with so much negativity, so much cloudiness and it’s as if we don’t even notice it until our minds clear (usually after prayer or worship or time) and we realize the haze we have been in.
I find when my mind is hazy as such, it is so hard to even conceive of the clearing.
I am sorry for whatever you went through these past few days and pray that there has been some resolve.
You always remind me that God’s word has so much more power then I know.

Love to you

]]> Comment on The Company We Keep – How Does It Affect Us? by myvoiceawoken http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/05/the-company-we-keep-how-does-it-affect-us/#comment-4633 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 13:39:53 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3887#comment-4633 I know you are right Dad, but once you do damage the relationship is never the same…I have never been good with friendships or relationships, even as a child.

We all love ya Dad

]]> Comment on The Company We Keep – How Does It Affect Us? by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/05/the-company-we-keep-how-does-it-affect-us/#comment-4632 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:33:16 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3887#comment-4632 Hi Kiddo,

I do of course know those feelings very well but then sometimes just writing them off (or yourself off) in a relationship isn’t always the best solution. What if we are in their life for a reason for example?

Love to you and the boys.
Dad

]]> Comment on Giving Yourself Permission To Not Live That Label! by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/06/giving-yourself-permission-to-not-live-that-label/#comment-4631 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:30:58 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3897#comment-4631 Hi Ziya :)

Many thanks for taking the post and indeed to comment :)

Glad you liked it. Oh and I love your name!

Kind regards and God bless you
Kevin

]]> Comment on Giving Yourself Permission To Not Live That Label! by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/06/giving-yourself-permission-to-not-live-that-label/#comment-4630 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:29:17 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3897#comment-4630 Hi Mandi,

Many thanks for commenting and indeed for taking time to read the post in the first place :)

I recognize so much of what you have said in your comment and especially the “this is the life I deserve right! And it is what I know” comments. And yes I also know what you mean when you say it sounds stupid writing them but the sad truth is that, as you say, a lot of us do feel like that.

Like you I am learning to see my conditions in a different light and to break free from that dreadful label and all of the stereotypes that go with them and yes, having my daughter here for a month truly helped me live beyond the label!

Again, many thanks for writing.
Hope you are well?

Kind regards and God bless you.
Kevin

]]> Comment on Giving Yourself Permission To Not Live That Label! by Mandi http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/06/giving-yourself-permission-to-not-live-that-label/#comment-4626 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:51:16 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3897#comment-4626 Thanks for the post Kevin. I’ve only known I’ve had BPD for about a year. I’ve only known that I’m masochistic (my husband hates that word), meaning that I undermine most everything (though AM getting better about that) and don’t always want to get better because this is the life I deserve right! And it’s what I know. Which sounds stupid writing, but I think a lot of us feel that way. I’ve known I had PTSD for 2yrs.

Just in the last month or so I am really seeing these diseases in a whole different, more book context light and aligning myself to that. I knew the characteristics and I knew I had them. But I didn’t REALLY know about a LOT. I think I kind of twisted much into what I thought it was. I think it’s going to take some time for me to navigate through some things and learn to break free from a label that I don’t fully know about yet. It’s all too confusing! And I don’t even have a sinus infection which would cloud my mind! :)

Thanks again Kevin, I’m really glad you were able to have such a good time with your daughter!

Mandi

]]> Comment on Giving Yourself Permission To Not Live That Label! by Ziya Tamesis http://voicesofglass.com/2013/06/06/giving-yourself-permission-to-not-live-that-label/#comment-4623 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:54:32 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=3897#comment-4623 Thanks so much for posting this. It’s an important thing to remember.

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