{"id":1915,"date":"2004-05-20T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2004-05-20T08:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2004-05-20T08:19:23","modified_gmt":"2004-05-20T08:19:23","slug":"feeling_better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/feeling_better\/","title":{"rendered":"feeling better"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/sandy_flowers1.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"sandy_flowers1.jpg\" title=\"sandy said these were 'keep up the good work' flowers.\" \/><\/div>\n<p>maybe i&#8217;m an emotional bulemic. once i purge it all, i always seem to feel much better.  i&#8217;m so thankful for all your kind responses and support. it truly is an amazing thing to have virtual strangers reaching out to you.<br \/>\ni realize that what you know of me is dictated by what i choose to put on this page and when.  you couldn&#8217;t have known that shortly after getting out all those negative feelings, i felt so much lighter and less put upon.  part of me wants to now reassure you that i&#8217;m not on the verge of suicide or in need of medical treatment.  i don&#8217;t walk around all day with a cloud of misery hovering over me. i&#8217;m human. i have negative thoughts. sometimes, you just have to vent. you have to express the darkness inside before it consumes you.  how very dire i make it sound, but it&#8217;s the truth.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/sandy_flowers2.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"sandy_flowers2.jpg\" title=\"sandy said these were 'keep up the good work' flowers.\" \/><\/div>\n<p>i know, very well, that there are great feelings, too. feelings which don&#8217;t suck at all.  in the interest of balance&#8230;<br \/>\ni feel infinitely lucky to have such an amazing group of friends who love me despite my moods and sometimes off-putting quirks.  i feel invigorated when i have an interesting and open-minded conversation about potentially controversial topics. i feel proud of finally taking steps to improve my health by learning to eat in a way that is helping my body find a healthy weight. i feel strong when i push myself just that little bit further when i work out. i feel creative when i look through the collection of photographs i&#8217;ve taken and think of the photographs i have yet to take.  i feel giddy when i discover something new that delights me. i feel sensual when a boy wants to get into my pants. i feel loved when i think of my family.  i feel driven and determined when faced with a new challenge. i feel competent and confident with regards to my work. i feel overwhelming curiousity when i&#8217;m obsessed with learning something new.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/sandy_flowers3.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"sandy_flowers3.jpg\" title=\"sandy said these were 'keep up the good work' flowers.\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>maybe i&#8217;m an emotional bulemic. once i purge it all, i always seem to feel much better. i&#8217;m so thankful for all your kind responses and support. it truly is an amazing thing to have virtual strangers reaching out to you. i realize that what you know of me is dictated by what i choose <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/feeling_better\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}