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Bought, and then heartlessly devoured, a bag of sour gummy worms.

1. Pleasing bird noises. 2. Bathtub dissociation is wet. And eventually tepid. 3. How did I let my office become this messy? 4. Worry dot successfully installed. wait, is that the right color? should it be an inch to the right? :sorry: 5. The used bookstore had exactly what I was loathing...

the nice roomie who was going to make chocolate cake, and then didn't because i don't feel well and he'll make it tomorrow instead.

Thirty Wet Summers

1. I can't believe this $8.99 coffee maker has survived six years and two moves. 2. ... and it died on today's second pot. Huh. 3. I get to buy a new coffee maker! 4. Tomorrow! 5. Self loathing!

Relating. Although I loathe social interaction. Group = vile. --- --- --- Humans are herd or pack animals - we're built to be social. We continually evaluate our behavior based on the perceived needs and behaviors of others in our group, in order to prove/affirm that we are deserving of...

Hey. So I've been reading various threads 'n such for a while now, and noted that almost all of the "words" (I think that deserves quotations) used to discuss therapy are completely unknown to me. Ordinarily, I'd think this was just differences in personal experience - but I've had four...

Seconding J'qel. It's a stress thing. PTSD sufferers have a much lower threshold for stress, and/or a hypersensitivity to stress chemicals. And all mammals react to injury to members of their group/herd/whatever. It means you care.

Gratz on moving forwards and finding a psychiatrist! That's a positive step and a very good one. You wouldn't necessarily be immediately discussing trauma. The psychiatrist is interested in your symptoms, not what caused it. And the therapist wants to see you, mostly. On my intake...

robert asprin

1. Groups are shit. 2. Corporations are shit. 3. Numentia :eek: 4. My roomie is being very nice to me, and I appreciate that. But he's also in awful pain today. :( 5. :coffee:

might some of that be hypervigilance ?

Reading an academic paper re: group dynamics. it's for self-therapy, but that's for me, too. constructive behaviors feel good.

Me too. Mostly auditory (musical?) hallucinations. Also happens on the rare occasions I 'relax.' I try to shrug it off, but often i find it unnerving. There's nothing harmful about hearing a few bars of repetitive music, but it's not exactly thrilling to realize i'm hallucinating again. A...

Logos Naki World - Yasushi Ishii playlist is a mix of yasushi and yoko kano. his grit and her depth complement each other.

PTSD, ADHD, bipolar w/ psychosis, Aspergers, avoidant personality disorder, and I voted liberal once, in college.

Get a diagnosis from a psychiatrist. Then you can consider what medication options are available.

And I completely missed the purpose of the question. Try again: Short Answer: No. Meds are not going to turn you into Barbie with a plastic smile. Although it might feel strange to Not be miserable all the time. Longer Answer: No. Meds aren't happy pills. Meds help your brain produce the...

hey. i'm med-standoffish too. TLDR: give meds a careful, thoughtful try. You're still "you', you're just Not Scared Of Everything. Keep a bare-bones mood journal. and talk to psychiatrist sorta-regularly. If one med doesn't work, the next might... or might not, but you won't know without...

paid my rent today so: funding.

This is what happiness feels like. Thank you. :happy::cry::happy:

Something most (all?) Therapists don't realize is that 'ordinary' people don't have CBT skills either. Ordinary people don't use reason. Ordinary people don't weigh positive and negative outcomes. A sufferer who's using CBT or DBT to get a grip on their lives is miles ahead of 'ordinary,'...

hey. Congrats on starting therapy. It's a big step. The forum is a good place to talk/vent about it, as needed or desired. Echo of above posts: help-seek-find. So many good contacts. Re: planning. There's a positive, but it's in the method, not the desired outcome. When you're miserable...

Donut.

i touch my fingers and focus on the sensation. the choice to move muscles. the sensory input of skin on skin. the neutrality of it. the now. this is now. my fingers touch, now.