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Here's an article that may be of interest to readers of this list:http://www.salon.com/2012/05/12/augusten_burroughs_conquer_trauma_by_letting_it_go/I liked the line, "When you're busy, you lack the time to fondle your emotional baggage" -- I'm aware that I'm somewhat of a fondler; it's as though doing so is the only way I can feel authentic.The consternation comes when I realize that the guy sitting in the chair across from me for a brief time each Monday morning sees a very different person than the one I see, as though I were someone worth knowing.Surrendering to that possibility brings on the "schizoid" yawning void that leads to the sort of disregulation I think was referring to in a different thread. To me it's some sort of losing my bearings, my safety, my self.Maybe the task is to meet my "other" self without freaking out.Regards,Detlef(Two weeks on the wagon.)