Scared silly, that's a great post, you've come a long way. And mab, you can too but the only way through it is through it.
The pain won't kill you although it feels like it sometimes. Meditation helped me a lot with that and continues to help me with other things in my life.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss