Monday, October 10, 2011

The struggle forges onward...

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The Yomim Noraim have come and gone and I feel better. It's been 24 hours since Yom Kippur ended and I feel so much better. I read throu...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Loneliness

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I had one of my worst days today. I went to my therapist and cried nonstop for an hour. I could have gone on all afternoon. Throughout the...
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Guilty

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As I stand here saying slichos in Shul erev Rosh Hashana I am being pulled by my attraction to some men davening with me. I ask myself, sh...
Monday, September 5, 2011

I'm in an "Elul" State of Mind

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Elul is here. This is one simple word. It is short and yet so powerful. Elul. I think "Elul" and my blood pressure rises. I sa...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Pain on Tisha B'Av

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On this saddest day of the Jewish calendar we say our Kinus mostly with the words zchor, remember and aicha, how. I want to take a moment to...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

"Rabbi" Yehuda Levin defines insensitivity

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You may have seen  http://bit.ly/p9kWsu  and then the follow up of  http://bit.ly/pABNzR . To summarize; "Rabbi" Yehuda Levin...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Image, Parenting and Therapy...

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Growing up, I was moderately overweight. While I don't think this is something that should have been an area of focus in my upbringing, ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Abomination? Who is really guilty?

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"You shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, it is an abomination". I think we can all agree that whe...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Growing up with neglect...

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My parents always wanted me out of the house when I was a kid. They sent me to a Catskills sleep away camp when I was 6 years old. Yes, 6 ye...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

Learned behavior?

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The truth is that I have a lot more to write in relation to my childhood years. I fear a stigma building though and it isn't my intent. ...