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    Finzy
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    Hi Cruzzie,

    Not sure my experience counts as van dwelling, but I have just finished my first 3 month stint of living in a van.  After the winter I will return to it.  I bought a very small van and was so excited I have buzzed all over the uk’s remote beautiful places.  I have a bed, a stove and sink and a little storage space.  I thought I was going to have three months of glorious and much needed isolation, but i found the van was a people magnet and it has turned out to be a time of reconnection with important people.  I conclude that when you give the universe a stir by living differently then surprising things happen.

    #174483
    Finzy
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    Dear Rich,

    Your story has really touched me and I want to reach out to you.

    Briefly, I too was unloved, unwanted as a child and treated badly.  I too internalised the message that I was unlovable.  I also trained to become a counsellor.  I was looking for some understanding and I was drawn to those who suffered.  And, would you believe I cycled – so hard!  I cycled up onto a nearby moorland and the act of cycling gave me a feeling of who I could be and the moorland I believe saved my life by being bleak and windy as heck and beautiful and there, for me.

    My reason for wanting to speak with you is to ask what keeps you going?  Clearly this conversation here above is important in keeping you going.  And I wonder what else.  Maybe the opportunity your training is offering to reflect in a way your father doesn’t?  Your cycling…..  It is a question that has helped and continues to help me.  Because it reminds me about nature, about activity – using my body helps – about books which are so important to me.

    I think what I want to say to you is you are not alone.  I join with the voices of those who hear you, see you.  Thank you for speaking

    Merly

    #174473
    Finzy
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    Hello Bas,

    It’s so right what you say that ideas are not real, but they can really twist us around can’t they?  Thank you for posting, I know it takes courage.  Each one of us that speaks our struggles, I believe, creates an environment that makes it alright for more of us to admit that life can feel so hard.  And so experience support.  I hope you continue to find your way forward, and are strengthened by the good in people, in nature and in you.

    Thank you for your courage and your clarity

    Merly

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