Category Archives: dissociation

DREAMS

There are some people who think that dreams are just parts and pieces of things you are dealing with during the day. To these people dreams are more like junk being processed. For me, dreams are a connection to those … Continue reading

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The Story of Big Eye!

The parents left for work. After a few minutes, Mrs. Bloom would slowly start to pull the drapes closed. Her warm smiley face was now transforming into something cold and malelavent. Her face and lips started to thin. I could … Continue reading

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Life of an Addict…

POEM NOTES: Many years ago I struggled with a drinking problem that eventually lead me to the brink of suicide. But instead of killing myself I chose life. Yet, I was so destroyed as a human-being, at the bottom of … Continue reading

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Life-Thoughts Inspired by Coldplay’s Song “Clocks”

When I heard “Clocks” by Coldplay, well, I just broke down. This song struck such a deep chord inside me. It spoke to my life unlike anything I have experienced. I am very thankful to this group for writing such … Continue reading

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TRAVELING PEOPLE PART I– DISSOCIATIVE BLUES

( Notes on this poem….Well, I am on the road traveling with my children for a week or so, and thought that this would be the perfect time to publish a set of three poems called Traveling People. This first … Continue reading

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INPATIENT

(notes on this poem: I have been in a Psychiatric Hospital twice now. Each time I spent 30 days. Both times I came into the hospital suicidal and very very dissociated. I was so dissociated that it was difficult for … Continue reading

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FAR COUNTRY

(Notes on this poem: Sometimes when I walk into Walmart (anyplace really) I will look around at all the people and I wonder who they are… I will stand there and wonder about their lives. Then I will slowly start … Continue reading

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20+ THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT JONATHAN ALTER

1. I love my wife (even though we are separated and in couples therapy) I love her and always will. Angela does not believe I love her, and for me this is difficult. Like the rest of the world; we … Continue reading

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The Jonathan Alter Story–Explanation and Beginning

At jonathanalter.org I am writing the story of my life. This is a life like others, but it is also a little quirkey and broken, love-filled and violent. This is a life filled with committment, a life filled with betrayal, … Continue reading

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