Not sure if I missed something but are we still not able to have separate first and last names in Google Contacts? Seems like it's just an adjunct to Email rather than a full-blown app like Docs, Email, and Calendar.

5 PHOTOS: Dad, Scott, Grandma, Grandpa, and the “Alaska Bushman” This weekend is the start of the Iron Dog. As promised, here are some photos from previous years’ races. Above is dad and his partner.

With havin so much written content do you ever run into any problems of plagorism or copyright infringement? My site has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either authored myself or outsourced but it appears a lot of it is popping it up all over the internet without my auhnzrioatiot. Do you know any techniques to help protect against content from being ripped off? I’d definitely appreciate it.

When I met my ex I actually had a really bad reaction . I saw him see me and thought oh no. He was a charmer and it turned out we did have similar tastes in music. He and his friend walked me home I gave them tea and then sent them off. He however had different ideas and came back posting a note through the door. Fast forward after 18yrs together and two beautiful children I got rid of him. This time he didn’t see it coming. That weekend he left the house to travel to my sisters to tell that I was tracking him on my phone and that I had stolen money from him! What kind of person does that but a narc. My family came round with him the next morning to check if I was well. The next day I had an occupancy order put in place. Somehow he managed to talk the police around, so instead of leaving he waited until I returned. He did go but took the car. The devaluation phase for me came pretty quickly and by the time I was pregnant with our second child I am sure he was already seeing other women. He even had an affair with our babysitter. The things he has done are truely awful,stealing from me, organising a breakin to cover it up. Getting kids to egg our house to force me to move and paying for nothing. He got me into terrible debt and then told my family it because I was blowing it all on eBay. As a family we were involved in three hit and runs! each realising thousands in cash. However, he was very careful and so I could prove nothing. I had realised after 18mths there was something very wrong and had started to cool off , but I got pregnant,as you can imagine he was delighted. Soon my fight or flight kicked in but I’m afraid I fled I was scared stupid but I couldn’t pin point it. I did this more than once a bad bad idea and it resulted in a breakdown. How I came back I will never know but I did. What did he do at this point when he knew how unwell I was,he went on holiday with my sister and her family and left me on my own. This was a holiday I had paid for! My sister had become his confidant he texted and rang her more than he did me. He arranged weekends and other outings without my say so. He flirted with her too and she revelled in it. Stupidly I accused him of having an affair with her casting a cat amongst the pigeons. So as time went on I was painted blacker than black. My mental health suffered and I nearly lost my job. Eventually I couldn’t take anymore as he came home regularly with scratches that could only have come from another woman. He at that this stage accused me of being unfaithful and threatened to kill me .I found Viagra he told me he was looking after it for a friend. Humiliated and broken I went to get help and I found an organisation that saved my life. They believed me,and so my story was told, the dam burst. I met other brace souls who had been to hell and back. This post is long and doesn’t cover his attempts to kill me and destroy my name. Despite my family backing him I am in a good place. Two years on and I feel so much better, I have rekindled my love of so many things. I’ve even flirted and enjoyed male company but, I stand well back and observe. Many stay because perhaps they feel they are too old to start again or are held back by family disapproval. I have read so much on here and thank you Mel for your great work. I hope my post gives hope to others. Keep information flowing and thank you again.
Claire

I certainly like the idea of doing a thriver interview. If it happens, it happens. Most likely won’t be in the near future. I’ve come far but there is still a long way to go. I still have a of work to do.

I’d also like to do a QFH presentation at Hugarafl or Mindpower in english sometime in the future. It’s a wonderful social organization that seeks to reduce prejudice towards the “mentally ill” and change the terribly lackluster mental healthcare system for the better. It’s empowering and constructive. Everyone has a chance of letting their voice be heard and everyone can start a program.

Ace

Hi Ace,

that is so wonderful that you have hope!

I certainly could put that to the team … what they think re a show with you in the future.

Depression is such a serious issue … absolutely for so many people in this community.

Mel xo

I grinned. I felt love, hope and gratitude. I can not wait to FINALLY thrive. I’M GONNA heal myself even it it’s the last thing I do. After a lifetime or lifetimes of depression, low self-esteem and insecurities, the concepts of self-partnering and thriving still feel alien and incredible to me but gradually less so.

I’m only 27 years old. I’ve got my whole life in front of me. I used to think that that was a curse. I used to envy old people because they were closer to death. I used to feel sorry for young people because they were so far away from death. I used to simply wait and hope for death. Get killed by a terminal illness. THAT is depression. No incentive to practice self-love and care. Until I felt the pain and pressure of life to get off my behind and do something productive.

Mel, I’ve occasionally wondered if you’d be willing to do a thriver interview with me someday if or when the time comes? Or is narc abuse a required background?

Ace

This story inspires me to keep the hope alive… that some day, not TOO far in the future, I will find a good, and honorable, man who will love me, and cherish me, just as much as I love, and cherish, him- AND MYSELF!

I’m so happy for you Mike & Catsby… Congratulations!!! <3