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InvisibleTears
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For the past week now since I was raped again I have returned to the horrible "night owl" habits. I have nursing school lecture in a few hours and know I need the sleep to be able to stay awake through lecture, yet I don't want to close my eyes. I put on Tori Amos's "Welcome to Sunny Florida" dvd and am just letting her music move through me, I just don't want to close my eyes because I know what comes when I do - nightmares. So here I am - exhausted, my body is begging me to go to sleep but I'm putzing around my dorm room instead, just trying to get through the next hour, the next minute, the
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Welcome, you are among friends. Big hugs all around
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Hi everyone. Phew. I've been gone a long time and I am miserable and need some help and didn't know where else to turn. I am struggling so much right now I am about to break down. I only have 18 weeks of nursing school left and I am ready to quit. I have been working my ass off for so long and 3 weeks ago, the guy that raped me was released from jail and he came after me last weekend - and he raped me again, he said I ruined his life - because of me he now has a criminal record and can't get work anywhere. So here I am - Ijust started a new term in nursing school - we are out in the commuity
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welcome! I'm new too, but I already feel at home (as I lean back and put my feet up on the table) I really needed an outlet other than my therapist - I needed someone who actually knew what I was going through and who has been there. So far - I'm finding support in awesome amounts here. Lots of hugs