Comments on: Where I’ve Been: Wearing a Wet Laundry Spacesuit, Fighting a Big Black Bird

By: Braidwood

Braidwood — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:35:23 +0000

Man, I know that big black bird. It seems to live close to death. Very scary and hard to shake sometimes.

I had an experience a couple yrs ago I called a “dark night of the soul”. I think its similar to the big black bird: http://authenticthreads.org/blog/2008/08/26/dark-nights-of-the-soul/

By: Halcyon

Halcyon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:22:38 +0000

What a moving story. It’s funny how sometimes a stranger can touch our lives in such a profound way. It makes you realize that sometimes your words and actions can really have an effect on someone else’s life.

Thanks for sharing your story. And thanks to all the “strangers” out there.

By: Sean Winburn

Sean Winburn — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:58:50 +0000

Good stuff Jeff. Reading this was moving… the video was downright cathartic.

By: Raini Spring

Raini Spring — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:01:38 +0000

thank you so much for sharing your experience.
you have earned the right to grieve. follow its path. do what ever action your soul tells you it needs. listen to the small voice within you that knows the truth, and move accordingly. if you feel welcome, enter, if you feel hesitant, DO NOT. this will guide you slowly but surely to the home within you.
it will take years. surgeries, and all the medical procedures you went through, fuck us up. our mind has to literally reformat brain cells when it looses part of its knowing. our spirit has to heal and come to terms with this change.
i understand feeling sorrow for those you’ve seen so close to death. they know you too will one day be there.
finally, never give in. there will be joy in your heart again. it will be better than you have ever known, because you will have made it through adversity.
and if you are at the bottom of a deep hole, stop digging, and make a list of as many good things about your life as you can. even if it’s only that you have a warm coat.
best of luck on your journey through time and space. wish i could give you a hug.

By: teri brennan

teri brennan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:14:28 +0000

Courageous performance! Obstacles are there only to test how much you want something. Humor is courage extended into the human experience.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:02:01 +0000

The YouTube video and the following writing are powerful. Thank you for sharing your voice, even through despair.

By: Joe Ferguson

Joe Ferguson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:38:58 +0000

Firstly, I’m glad to hear that your feeling more positive about the future, I too ‘feel like any day could be a good day’.

Secondly, shame on you ‘Mmm…’. dental care in the UK is free to all children under 18 or in full-time education or adults on a low income. If by 18 years of age the UK population haven’t learned to look after their teeth, then why should the government be forced to provide dental care? Dental care in the UK is totally different to ‘free-to-all’ NHS Accident, Primary and Secondary health services which does not cost 33% of income as you suggest, National Insurance is at most 8% and most importantly, access to Health Care in the UK is not means tested. Simply, if you are poor you get access to the same extensive services as a millionaire.

Please keep up the blogging Jeff. Your honest writing is refreshing and not crude in the slightest.

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By: Mr Pitchfork

Mr Pitchfork — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:31:32 +0000

I enjoy your writing. It feels like well-seasoned potatoes. (That’s a good thing)

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:54:58 +0000

Sane and relational are highly overrated. Or maybe they’re not. Maybe they’re not rated highly enough by the people who have them. They can disappear pretty quickly, leaving us a big hot mess from which it takes ages to recover. If we ever do.

It’s good to read your words and see your thoughts again. You are a wonderful writer.