Couch 215: The Overcoming Couch

atisketatasket · May 22, 2020 at 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I used to do logic puzzles as a kid, where there were clues and you had to eliminate different possibilities. I'm not sure how to describe them. This is an example. Haven't done one in years though.

I loved those when I was a kid. I got a job offer from Penny Press after college to edit their logic puzzle series. In retrospect maybe I should have made that my career.

Doesn’t pretty much everyone have borderline traits? It’s a diagnosis I dislike for many reasons—categories that can apply to other mental illnesses, it’s applied to women more than men, it’s often applied to “difficult” patients, and providers use it to shame. Not saying it doesn’t exist but it can be abused.

SheHulk07 · May 22, 2020 at 02:02 PM

I feel like I'm letting down or frustrating T2 because I'm "stuck." I'm not doing 100% better, but I feel like I've made a lot of changes since January. Maybe he feels like he's not helping me much or my own perception. I want to be yell that we're in the middle of a pandemic, I'm trying to basically be a single mom of 4, dealing with CPS, trying to go to school, etc. I'm trying and I feel like I should apologize for not being where others want me to be right now and feel like I'm a burden to others when I talk about the same stuff.

unaluna · May 22, 2020 at 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieTheSequal

cheesecake sounds sooooooo good una!

Send hubby to slumber kitty's to pick it up! Theyre blowing out the candles at 2 pacific time!

unaluna · May 22, 2020 at 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

I could never get into Soduku for some reason, like it stresses me out!

I ALWAYS get it SOOOOO wrong!! Its like i have math dyslexia. I fill out a couple of boxes, then im like, who the heck added THIS up?? And i have a BS in math, so im usually pretty good at numbers, but soduko just THROWS me. Really. I am haunted by a soduko gremlin who changes my answers or changes the preprinted numbers when im not looking at them. There is NO other explanation!

SlumberKitty · May 22, 2020 at 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

Send hubby to slumber kitty's to pick it up! Theyre blowing out the candles at 2 pacific time!

Well we are singing Happy Birthday but there will be no blowing out of candles. Eww gross. Germs.

LonesomeTonight · May 22, 2020 at 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I loved those when I was a kid. I got a job offer from Penny Press after college to edit their logic puzzle series. In retrospect maybe I should have made that my career.

Doesn’t pretty much everyone have borderline traits? It’s a diagnosis I dislike for many reasons—categories that can apply to other mental illnesses, it’s applied to women more than men, it’s often applied to “difficult” patients, and providers use it to shame. Not saying it doesn’t exist but it can be abused.

Right, Penny Press! You could have been the next Will Shortz.

I guess everyone does have some borderline traits--I feel like I have more than many though... but I agree that it tends to be applied to women more and has a stigma. Like I've read that many T's won't work with borderline, which seems wrong to me.

Meanwhile, when I asked ex-MC (in joint session) if he thought I could be borderline, he told a story about how, in grad school, he was studying some questionnaire, and his roommate asked what it was for because it all fit him, and he said borderline personality. So he said his roommate and best friend was borderline. But didn't answer my question...

LonesomeTonight · May 22, 2020 at 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Well we are singing Happy Birthday but there will be no blowing out of candles. Eww gross. Germs.

Apparently singing can help spread it, too, unfortunately...

SlumberKitty · May 22, 2020 at 03:42 PM

Ugh, I feel close to relapsing on some negative behavior/coping mechanism. Monday will be 4 months if I make it that far. I'm supposed to talk to Pastor T on Monday though I could email him before hand. I don't really want to because I'm afraid he is going to flip out. I don't want to end up back at the hospital again, although it feels like how I felt before I was hospitalized. Dang it. I was just like oh, I'm getting better and then the last three days have totally stunk.

LonesomeTonight · May 22, 2020 at 03:45 PM

Hugs, Kit...You can do this.

SlumberKitty · May 22, 2020 at 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Apparently singing can help spread it, too, unfortunately...

Well we did sing with our masks on and stood six feet apart. But when you are as small of a company as we are, if one of us gets sick, we are probably all going to get it anyway. It was some mighty good cheesecake. One of the guy's mom's made it. It was like cheesecake factory good. MMM. I'm full now. I better eat something vegetarian for dinner.

LonesomeTonight · May 22, 2020 at 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SlumberKitty

Well we did sing with our masks on and stood six feet apart. But when you are as small of a company as we are, if one of us gets sick, we are probably all going to get it anyway. It was some mighty good cheesecake. One of the guy's mom's made it. It was like cheesecake factory good. MMM. I'm full now. I better eat something vegetarian for dinner.

Ah, if you were wearing masks and were physically distanced, I'm sure you were fine!

chihirochild · May 22, 2020 at 05:23 PM

Possible trigger:

Imma get drunk now

ArtieTheSequal · 06:52 PM

Just put a soup pot of barley, corn, black beans, bell pepper, broccoli, and diced tomatoes and some various seasons on to cook....

NP_Complete · May 22, 2020 at 07:17 PM

Other than the broccoli, that sounds delicious. Can I have a bowl with a little parmesan on top when it's finished?

JaneTennison1 · May 22, 2020 at 07:22 PM

Today I told my T I need a break. Financially and mentally. I'm getting into some big stuff in EMDR and just want to focus on that. She was so kinda and understanding. She told me she would still be there and that she was part of my journey. I speak to her on June 18 next so it is not me never going back. Just some space. Dreading EMDR but ready to get this stuff done.

Oh and hi!

atisketatasket · May 22, 2020 at 08:11 PM

Does anyone remember a few years back there was a commercial for an antidepressant where there was a woman constantly weighed down by an elephant on her chest?

For some reason I feel weighed down by that elephant right now. I have this unshakeable sense I’ve wasted my life. And yet I’m pretty sure I haven’t.

*goes to get drunk with chihiro*

unaluna · May 22, 2020 at 08:42 PM

I thought that was COPD.

Eta - and you met me

SheHulk07 · May 22, 2020 at 08:44 PM

:My father is having people over tonight for a bbq. Totally not social distancing at all. My oldest went outside and told them, "Hasn't anyone heard of social distancing?!"

I'm keeping my distant. I don't care if our state lifted it's restrictions at the beginning of the month, I don't want to have a bunch of people over at my house.

unaluna · May 22, 2020 at 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Apparently singing can help spread it, too, unfortunately...

I didnt think twice about writing "blow out candles." But when i saw it on tv the other day, i was cringeing! And yes, NO SINGING!!! We have to use the Think Method from The Music Man, where you THINK the song.

unaluna · May 22, 2020 at 08:54 PM

Im reading Leaving Home by David Celani, and its REEEEEEEEEALLLLY good.

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LonesomeTonight Always in This Twilight Member Since Feb 2015 Location: US Posts: 20,763 (SuperPoster!) 9 75k hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 03:45 PM #169 Hugs, Kit...You can do this.

chihirochild Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: North America Posts: 2,360 7 4,865 hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 05:23 PM #172 Possible trigger: Imma get drunk now

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,238 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,771 hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 06:37 PM #173 Just put a soup pot of barley, corn, black beans, bell pepper, broccoli, and diced tomatoes and some various seasons on to cook.... Last edited by ArtieTheSequal; May 22, 2020 at 06:52 PM..

NP_Complete Grand Magnate Member Since Feb 2017 Location: the upside down Posts: 3,808 7 6,354 hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 07:17 PM #174 Other than the broccoli, that sounds delicious. Can I have a bowl with a little parmesan on top when it's finished?

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,149 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 08:11 PM #176 Does anyone remember a few years back there was a commercial for an antidepressant where there was a woman constantly weighed down by an elephant on her chest? For some reason I feel weighed down by that elephant right now. I have this unshakeable sense I’ve wasted my life. And yet I’m pretty sure I haven’t. goes to get drunk with chihiro

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,868 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 08:42 PM #177 I thought that was COPD. Eta - and you met me

SheHulk07 Magnate Member Since Oct 2013 Location: CO Posts: 2,305 10 871 hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 08:44 PM #178 :My father is having people over tonight for a bbq. Totally not social distancing at all. My oldest went outside and told them, "Hasn't anyone heard of social distancing?!" I'm keeping my distant. I don't care if our state lifted it's restrictions at the beginning of the month, I don't want to have a bunch of people over at my house.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,868 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	May 22, 2020 at 08:54 PM #180 Im reading Leaving Home by David Celani, and its REEEEEEEEEALLLLY good.