This is my life and my world and my journey. This is going to be my story to share with the purpose of helping one person find shelter from the storm. Click here for the Kindle version
TIM I am 45 and when I was 32 I had a cataclysmic breakdown that destroyed the very fabric of my being. This was and still is the best thing that could have happened to me. I all of a sudden was naked in front of the mirror to my my soul.
I had no masks no defense and no esteem. I had to change, I had to become the person I was meant to be. I am telling you from my own experience that change and renewal are the best tools for survival ever. I found my peace once I accepted myself for who I am and not for who I wanted to be. The only person you need to please is yourself! Those in your life that matter to you will not mind and those that mind do not matter!
MASKS I like the saying of ‘This too shall pass’ and it always does. I have spent many years not knowing who I really was and I spent a longtime in a dark place not of my making. Masks and demons but as with everything there came a time for a break and this break very nearly broke me but in time it passed and I became the man I should have been many years previously.
Change at it’s best and always worth the angst. My gratitude is for a journey to hell and back. I stood on the edge of an abyss and fell, my journey back to the top taught me a lot about life and I am grateful for the change I went through. This is my story click here for my Kindle version
I always say and hold as a truth the phrase ”Do not say you know me unless I let you in on all my thoughts and dreams and write down for you everything that I am”.
Your journey is one of tragedy-turned-triumph, Tim. I am so grateful that we have met. Our stories are very different in many ways, and yet so similar. Thank you for trusting me with your story, and for sharing it with the world. That one person you are writing for will be forever changed, and many more lives will change as well. I love how it’s unfolding for you, and that this leg of the journey is bringing further healing for you.
Wonderful work Tim,
Your site is looking great love the B&W theme. Your book is one that will set you totally free, and already your new journey in helping both yourself and others has begun to take a definite shape, and you will be helping more than just one person I’m sure. I am proud of you for having the courage of the lion to bare your life openly so as others will benefit from your experiences. I look forward to your book immensely.
Oh Tim!! I have recently been diagnosed with PTSD and am finding that nobody, especially family want to even be near me. My daughter has left me and wants nothing to do with me. This is crushing me but I had to set a boundary due to her giving me absolutely NO respect. My saga continues. I too have chosen to tell my story in hopes that it will help at least ONE person. Thank you for sharing your story!! <3!
Diane,
I am touched by your comment and we all have our burden to bear and it is a road less traveled. I hope to hear your story one day and I hope mine gives you some inspiration. I did not get a diagnosis until just recently. I got through it by talking and sharing. My family did not know about it until I published my book.
Feel free to email me if you wish to off-load and talk. I am also on Facebook. My page is http://www.facebook.com/LifeWithoutEdges
Thank you x