Chris 🇨🇦
@sail270west.bsky.social
I am a retired male and survivor #1in6. I’m sober and learning to put it behind me #cPTSD
Just recently left twitter, finally. I’m grateful for the positivity found here on bsky.
Don’t go back to what hurt you.
Katimavik 1982-83
Just recently left twitter, finally. I’m grateful for the positivity found here on bsky.
Don’t go back to what hurt you.
Katimavik 1982-83
Pinned
Simultanaiety.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Simultanaiety.
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Wishing everyone a blessed Winter Solstice.
Kercado chambered tomb, near Carnac, Brittany. Built c. 5,200 BCE, its entrance was oriented toward the rising sun on the Winter Solstice.
📷 June, 2023
Kercado chambered tomb, near Carnac, Brittany. Built c. 5,200 BCE, its entrance was oriented toward the rising sun on the Winter Solstice.
📷 June, 2023
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Wishing everyone a blessed Winter Solstice.
Kercado chambered tomb, near Carnac, Brittany. Built c. 5,200 BCE, its entrance was oriented toward the rising sun on the Winter Solstice.
📷 June, 2023
Kercado chambered tomb, near Carnac, Brittany. Built c. 5,200 BCE, its entrance was oriented toward the rising sun on the Winter Solstice.
📷 June, 2023
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If you're reading this, consider this a nudge to check in w/ yourself-- your self talk, your mental focus, your breathing, & your body. Just do a quick scan. Any "part" of you trying to communicate something? Anything you need to adjust going into this next hour or task?
December 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you're reading this, consider this a nudge to check in w/ yourself-- your self talk, your mental focus, your breathing, & your body. Just do a quick scan. Any "part" of you trying to communicate something? Anything you need to adjust going into this next hour or task?
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Negative self-talk isn’t only the cruel stuff we tell ourselves; it’s also the limits we quietly accept as realistic, responsible, or “just the way I am.”
Negative self talk doesn’t always feel abusive, it feels reasonable. This is just an artifact of our trauma conditioning, don't bite.
#cptsd
Negative self talk doesn’t always feel abusive, it feels reasonable. This is just an artifact of our trauma conditioning, don't bite.
#cptsd
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Negative self-talk isn’t only the cruel stuff we tell ourselves; it’s also the limits we quietly accept as realistic, responsible, or “just the way I am.”
Negative self talk doesn’t always feel abusive, it feels reasonable. This is just an artifact of our trauma conditioning, don't bite.
#cptsd
Negative self talk doesn’t always feel abusive, it feels reasonable. This is just an artifact of our trauma conditioning, don't bite.
#cptsd
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Hey. For just a moment can I get your focus?
Thanks
You're a miracle of miracles. Your breathing stokes coals of imagination and wonder. Your eyes reflect familiarity that invites souls to rest. Your smile emits warmth on a superhuman level.
You existing is so beautiful.
But to the other side...
Thanks
You're a miracle of miracles. Your breathing stokes coals of imagination and wonder. Your eyes reflect familiarity that invites souls to rest. Your smile emits warmth on a superhuman level.
You existing is so beautiful.
But to the other side...
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hey. For just a moment can I get your focus?
Thanks
You're a miracle of miracles. Your breathing stokes coals of imagination and wonder. Your eyes reflect familiarity that invites souls to rest. Your smile emits warmth on a superhuman level.
You existing is so beautiful.
But to the other side...
Thanks
You're a miracle of miracles. Your breathing stokes coals of imagination and wonder. Your eyes reflect familiarity that invites souls to rest. Your smile emits warmth on a superhuman level.
You existing is so beautiful.
But to the other side...
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“Do not believe everything you think.” Allan Lokos
We all have moments when our thoughts run ahead of us. We can take a breath and come back to what’s actually happening.
We don’t have to follow every thought that appears.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #SelfCare
Picture by selfcare.recipe
We all have moments when our thoughts run ahead of us. We can take a breath and come back to what’s actually happening.
We don’t have to follow every thought that appears.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #SelfCare
Picture by selfcare.recipe
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Do not believe everything you think.” Allan Lokos
We all have moments when our thoughts run ahead of us. We can take a breath and come back to what’s actually happening.
We don’t have to follow every thought that appears.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #SelfCare
Picture by selfcare.recipe
We all have moments when our thoughts run ahead of us. We can take a breath and come back to what’s actually happening.
We don’t have to follow every thought that appears.
🧡
#kindness #positivity #SelfCare
Picture by selfcare.recipe
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Healing from childhood abuse & neglect feels like peeling back delusions, build upon distortions, built on top of lies.
It’s a rug pull on our identity. But we get to build a life on our values. It's our best shot at joy & meaning. I choose recovery, however imperfect. Everyday. ❤️🩹
#cptsd #recovery
It’s a rug pull on our identity. But we get to build a life on our values. It's our best shot at joy & meaning. I choose recovery, however imperfect. Everyday. ❤️🩹
#cptsd #recovery
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Healing from childhood abuse & neglect feels like peeling back delusions, build upon distortions, built on top of lies.
It’s a rug pull on our identity. But we get to build a life on our values. It's our best shot at joy & meaning. I choose recovery, however imperfect. Everyday. ❤️🩹
#cptsd #recovery
It’s a rug pull on our identity. But we get to build a life on our values. It's our best shot at joy & meaning. I choose recovery, however imperfect. Everyday. ❤️🩹
#cptsd #recovery
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We're not going to detox a poison past overnight. Yes, recovery takes the time it takes, & yes, our trauma conditioning is going to try to get us to say "f*ck it." Our job is to not overreact when we get the "f*ck it's," & stay present w/ ourselves as we slowly clear the venom.
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're not going to detox a poison past overnight. Yes, recovery takes the time it takes, & yes, our trauma conditioning is going to try to get us to say "f*ck it." Our job is to not overreact when we get the "f*ck it's," & stay present w/ ourselves as we slowly clear the venom.
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The myth that healing comes from forgiving our abusers needs to end.
Healing comes from acknowledging the depth of their harm and forgiving *ourselves* for not being old enough, strong enough, or wise enough to stop them. We heal by giving ourselves the care & protection we never received.
#cptsd
Healing comes from acknowledging the depth of their harm and forgiving *ourselves* for not being old enough, strong enough, or wise enough to stop them. We heal by giving ourselves the care & protection we never received.
#cptsd
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The myth that healing comes from forgiving our abusers needs to end.
Healing comes from acknowledging the depth of their harm and forgiving *ourselves* for not being old enough, strong enough, or wise enough to stop them. We heal by giving ourselves the care & protection we never received.
#cptsd
Healing comes from acknowledging the depth of their harm and forgiving *ourselves* for not being old enough, strong enough, or wise enough to stop them. We heal by giving ourselves the care & protection we never received.
#cptsd
The child of an abusive parent becomes an abuser w/o realizing it?
The child looked to the parent for love, affection and instruction but was given emotional, physical, sexual abuse.
Child equates love with abuse, being abused or abusing.
Sober and in recovery.
The child looked to the parent for love, affection and instruction but was given emotional, physical, sexual abuse.
Child equates love with abuse, being abused or abusing.
Sober and in recovery.
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The child of an abusive parent becomes an abuser w/o realizing it?
The child looked to the parent for love, affection and instruction but was given emotional, physical, sexual abuse.
Child equates love with abuse, being abused or abusing.
Sober and in recovery.
The child looked to the parent for love, affection and instruction but was given emotional, physical, sexual abuse.
Child equates love with abuse, being abused or abusing.
Sober and in recovery.
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“The world will never lack wonders; what it lacks is wonder. We grow blind not because the light is dim, but because we forget to look. The moment a man learns to marvel again, he steps back into the richness of reality"
G. K. Chesterton
"Blown away" William Hawkins 2014 #Art
G. K. Chesterton
"Blown away" William Hawkins 2014 #Art
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“The world will never lack wonders; what it lacks is wonder. We grow blind not because the light is dim, but because we forget to look. The moment a man learns to marvel again, he steps back into the richness of reality"
G. K. Chesterton
"Blown away" William Hawkins 2014 #Art
G. K. Chesterton
"Blown away" William Hawkins 2014 #Art
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"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper”
W.B. Yeats
Art and Pleasures, my picture
W.B. Yeats
Art and Pleasures, my picture
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper”
W.B. Yeats
Art and Pleasures, my picture
W.B. Yeats
Art and Pleasures, my picture
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The Penrhos Feilw standing stones, Holyhead, Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Penrhos Feilw standing stones, Holyhead, Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday
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I forgot that in 2019 I started a whole website about Ludovic Mann, #TheManntheMyth. I had plans to do a podcast & update this regularly. If this gets to 100 followers (from current total of 23!) I’ll revive it and start adding content! #LudovicMann
themannthemyth.home.blog
themannthemyth.home.blog
The Mann the Myth
A blog and website dedicated to Ludovic McLellan Mann (1869-1955), the eccentric Glaswegian archaeologist and insurance broker.
themannthemyth.home.blog
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I forgot that in 2019 I started a whole website about Ludovic Mann, #TheManntheMyth. I had plans to do a podcast & update this regularly. If this gets to 100 followers (from current total of 23!) I’ll revive it and start adding content! #LudovicMann
themannthemyth.home.blog
themannthemyth.home.blog
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Listen now on your favourite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc, or on our Abarta Heritage website, where you can find shownotes and links to the papers:
www.abartaheritage.ie/kinship-cult...
www.abartaheritage.ie/kinship-cult...
Kinship, Culture, & Death in Neolithic Ireland Amplify Archaeology
In this episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast, Neil chats with Dr Jessica Smyth, Dr Neil Carlin and Dr Susan Greaney about Neolithic Ireland
www.abartaheritage.ie
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Listen now on your favourite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc, or on our Abarta Heritage website, where you can find shownotes and links to the papers:
www.abartaheritage.ie/kinship-cult...
www.abartaheritage.ie/kinship-cult...
“Buddha’s teaching offers a path of simplicity. This simplicity, however, is not a reduction or a lack of depth; it is the profound simplicity of seeing things as they are, without the filters of desire and attachment.”
Buddhist read: Returning to the Essence. The true sangha, as the Buddha envisioned it, is a community of individuals committed to treading the path of liberation. Whether large or small, the role of the sangha is to support each other’s practice.
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Returning to the Essence
The true sangha, as the Buddha envisioned it, is a community of individuals committed to treading the path of liberation. Whether large or small, the role of the sangha is to support each other’s p…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Buddha’s teaching offers a path of simplicity. This simplicity, however, is not a reduction or a lack of depth; it is the profound simplicity of seeing things as they are, without the filters of desire and attachment.”
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Yes, our inner child needs to be held, affirmed, & protected by our adult Self. But our inner teen, or teen "parts," also need those things-- &, just like any teen, they can be a little more complicated & require a little more patience to engage. Don't ignore or give up on them.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Yes, our inner child needs to be held, affirmed, & protected by our adult Self. But our inner teen, or teen "parts," also need those things-- &, just like any teen, they can be a little more complicated & require a little more patience to engage. Don't ignore or give up on them.
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We have instinctive wisdom inside us that CPTSD has worked hard to muffle, make us distrust, & make us doubt the existence of. An every day trauma recovery discipline is listening to our gut & heart w/ respect & patience-- which isn't easy, w/ all the noise & bullsh* t out there.
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
We have instinctive wisdom inside us that CPTSD has worked hard to muffle, make us distrust, & make us doubt the existence of. An every day trauma recovery discipline is listening to our gut & heart w/ respect & patience-- which isn't easy, w/ all the noise & bullsh* t out there.
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Remember today an essential, non negotiable part of recovery is getting more things in your life that you like. That you enjoy. That turn you on. That you can turn to for soothing & laughter & comfort. We call these things "reinforcers," & they are irreplaceable recovery tools.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Remember today an essential, non negotiable part of recovery is getting more things in your life that you like. That you enjoy. That turn you on. That you can turn to for soothing & laughter & comfort. We call these things "reinforcers," & they are irreplaceable recovery tools.
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Buddhist insights: Buddhist Meditation: Breaking free of mental activity wp.me/pFy3u-1S Diana St Ruth.
Breaking free of mental activity, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhist meditation is the process of breaking free of mental activity in order to hear what we hear, smell what we smell, taste what we taste and see what we see, without making judgements…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Buddhist insights: Buddhist Meditation: Breaking free of mental activity wp.me/pFy3u-1S Diana St Ruth.
This morning I just learned about this remarkable woman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvr...
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski: Planes, Symmetries, and a New Map of the Universe
YouTube video by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This morning I just learned about this remarkable woman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKvr...
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The fact that you happen to be alone right now is not "evidence" you are unloveable or even unlikeable. Survivors working our recovery w/ honesty & humility are often out of sync w/ people or a culture that doesn't value honesty or humility.
You may be too real for "them."
You may be too real for "them."
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The fact that you happen to be alone right now is not "evidence" you are unloveable or even unlikeable. Survivors working our recovery w/ honesty & humility are often out of sync w/ people or a culture that doesn't value honesty or humility.
You may be too real for "them."
You may be too real for "them."