tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post4757222982618247989..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: DetailsDoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-70692860922496525132018-02-07T03:24:05.009-05:002018-02-07T03:24:05.009-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128134885970566172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-85437028882891550532013-09-23T18:17:35.645-04:002013-09-23T18:17:35.645-04:00I haven't read here in a long time -- like a f...I haven't read here in a long time -- like a few years. Your post left me in tears, and brought up some of my own issues that I've been shoving down and trying to ignore. <br /><br />About 5 years after my ex-stepfather raped me, I told my mother about it. Her response was to start crying hysterically and say, "I can't believe he would do that to me." I was stunned. I had PBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-71161482892288326272013-05-19T23:34:59.851-04:002013-05-19T23:34:59.851-04:00blond geekblond geekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-81954343189163317032013-05-19T23:32:07.015-04:002013-05-19T23:32:07.015-04:00Good Lord. I came to this page wondering how you ...Good Lord. I came to this page wondering how you are and I forgot the drama that was happening. But this is just what I needed to read. Our stories are very similar. My father died of a brain aneurysm when I was 8. My father was the nurturer of the family and I think he kept my mother somewhat functional. <br>After he died my mom was resentful and abusive and extremely neglectful. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-42518268100777135262013-05-12T23:42:40.440-04:002013-05-12T23:42:40.440-04:00Wow. Thanks for sharing this. Though I knew the ge...Wow. Thanks for sharing this. Though I knew the general contours from conversations I've had with you in person and online, I had never heard it all laid out like this. It makes me want to go back and give you so many hugs and so much lap time, year after year. <br /><br />I admire the work you've done, so many different kinds of work, to look at this (even though it's taken a long Majerushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711504248016435472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-4854757725222529372013-05-02T10:26:48.250-04:002013-05-02T10:26:48.250-04:00Hi Doctor Mama. I am just catching up with your b...Hi Doctor Mama. I am just catching up with your blog again - wow - you are going through some stuff! For some reason I thought you had shut it down.<br /><br />I have started running again after a long layoff. I have been trying to correct my stride in the way shown in the video. It's been fabulous for my back pain, but damn my calves are tight! It's been much slower getting started Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-38989530402056590032013-03-13T22:02:47.736-04:002013-03-13T22:02:47.736-04:00I'm so sorry for what you suffered. Any one of...I'm so sorry for what you suffered. Any one of those things would have been too much. My heart aches for you as a child. Self-help talk can come off cheesy but I think there is really something to the idea of the inner child, that part of one that doesn't understand all our grown-up intellectualizations. But it is amazing that in such a short period of time you have gotten to a point L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-75372914964097277312013-03-13T09:10:39.816-04:002013-03-13T09:10:39.816-04:00ozma - NOT a low bar. At all.
WantToRun - the low...ozma - NOT a low bar. At all.<br /><br />WantToRun - the lowest-impact type running possible (eg barefoot-style); sometimes a pessary<br /><br />M - true. I know that my mother wants & loves me now. This helps. That letter? I could not imagine writing.<br /><br />V - silver bullet, yes! And if you don't get injured, I won't yell at you ;)<br /><br />Snickollet - thank you.DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-55761098444757133512013-03-12T17:17:58.290-04:002013-03-12T17:17:58.290-04:00Oh. Oh. Oh. That's so much. Now I am truly flo...Oh. Oh. Oh. That's so much. Now I am truly floored at how things turned out for you. You are really an amazing person. I thought that before. I guess this adds dimensions to it.<br /><br />It is hard to read your list of things you don't do like your mother. I do things on that list. I honestly can't help them. I always lose my keys. That's the least bad one, I guess. I freak out ozmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-30427399011867654942013-03-12T17:08:02.998-04:002013-03-12T17:08:02.998-04:00I can relate to so much of your story and have suf...I can relate to so much of your story and have suffered many of the same consequences of abuse and neglect -- depersonalization, hypochondria, panic, etc. The depersonalization and panic are largely under control, but I struggle with hypochondria nearly every day -- likely a result of the amount of time I've spent fearful and at odds with my own body. I'd LOVE to be able to run -- to WantToRunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-43134253509914899392013-03-12T16:50:36.876-04:002013-03-12T16:50:36.876-04:00Bless your hearts. My heart aches for you and your...Bless your hearts. My heart aches for you and your brother. No child should go without love and affection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-14693515141310957992013-03-12T03:11:41.988-04:002013-03-12T03:11:41.988-04:00Running has been my silver bullet. My bouts with d...Running has been my silver bullet. My bouts with depression and anxiety have been kept in check for the most part. More amazing is that I've menaged to self ween myself down to 10mg of Citalopram/day. (specialist says it's thoughly useless at this dosage.) It works for me. I run counter to some of your suggestions (4- 6x/wk 50 - 80kms) but it keeps me sane (or tolerable to be around). <brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-86327215847655146722013-03-11T14:42:53.794-04:002013-03-11T14:42:53.794-04:00Thank you for this post. I can relate to it so muc...Thank you for this post. I can relate to it so much. I remember longing to be sick so that I could get some attention from my parents. I guess I just realized that I was "unwanted" too. That's fine though. Just because my parents didn't want me at the time, doesn't mean they don't want me now... and doesn't mean that I am unwanted by everyone. Anyway, I hope your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-30038395406809770032013-03-11T14:02:19.430-04:002013-03-11T14:02:19.430-04:00It's amazing how running can help with incredi...It's amazing how running can help with incredibly deep emotions, pain, and scars. I've not lived through nearly what you have, but I've felt that power, too. I have so much respect for the way you encourage others to explore how running could help them without being pushy or alienating--just real and so genuinely supportive.<br /><br />I'm learning so much about forgiveness from Snickollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123630374052898460noreply@blogger.com