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This may get me banned, but here goes. I have a question for Trump supporters. How well off do you think you'd be if you applied the same kind of fact-free zone to your personal life that you do to our public life? We all know at least some truths about our personal histories that brought us...

Ugh, scary looking storm headed our way. So far no watches or warnings, but it looks pretty wicked on the radar.

Total ugh, JMH. I am so, so sorry.

Whew, thanks, Muttly. I'm sorry for getting paranoid. Carry on with the swearish rants :-)

OMG, Eve, that is one of my nightmares! I can't think of anything comforting to say. I'm just so, so sorry you have that!

Thanks, @Ronin. I was not seeking sympathy, just doing a swearish rant out of godawful physical pain. I hope Muttly weighs in as well, because I am not so certain that she was not directing that toward me. I've always liked Muttly.

OMG, I am mortified! I thought this was a thread where we could bitch without being criticized. How the hell did I ever give anyone the idea that I don't care about others??? This really pisses me off because one of my struggles is being too empathetic toward others and not taking enough care...

I hate to follow Angrboda's hilarious posts with this, but I just gotta vent. Fibromyalgia really, really, REALLY SUCKS! At least with PTSD you know what caused it and you know what you gotta do. Even the Mayo Clinic doesn't know much about fibro and the physical pain can get totally awful...

Wow, interesting study. I'm so glad some researchers are looking into how experiences can affect our bodies. This study makes sense to me as I had several sexual traumas during adolescence coupled with an abusive mother. Helps further explain for me why I have this.

Running into a Hispanic guy I'd never seen before in our little town who was holding an adorable little Yorkie in his arms. Yes, he let me pet her :-).

English. Learned German, know the basics, but don't have a good vocabulary in German.

Okay, so hubby is a respected writer with some significant awards to his name. His brain is one of the reasons I fell in love with him. But when he returns from his haircut in a few minutes I have to SHOW him how to download a document someone emailed him in order to send it to his editor. I'm...

Well, with me, they are pretty continuous. I tend to wake up about every hour or so :-(.

Also, here's a weird thing I've learned. The "normal" sleep stages where REM (dream) sleep comes on after a couple hours, doesn't work on everyone. Since I've had PTSD and eventually insomnia, I start having a nightmare within mere minutes of falling asleep if I don't take a clonidine. I...

I'm so sorry, @SpiritSong. I've lost three good friends to brain cancer in the last 10 years. The oldest, who just left us last August, was only in her early 60s. The other two were quite a bit younger. It's just awful, but paraphrasing what @KwanYingirl said, it's better to have loved and...

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last summer, and I wouldn't take it. It makes you gain weight, and having fibro makes you gain weight already because you're too tired and in too much pain to get much exercise, which used to be my go-to for dealing with PTSD. I used to weigh 120, too. I've...

I'd also rather have Russia as an ally, but Russia is clearly not our friend. Putin screwed with our election in 2016 and is sure to do the same this November. He's gotten his cyberwar spies into our energy systems, which they could shut down whenever they feel like it. Putin kills journalists...

Yep, @blackemerald1, what @somerandomguy said. It's disgusting. We also basically have no State Department. No frigging ambassador to South Korea, for example. Like, you really, really want to have an ambassador in South Korea these days, ya know? But Trump doesn't care. If he ever does go...

@blackemerald1, it is true. Before PTSD I worked about 20 years for a publisher in downtown Detroit and by the time I left, the two top guys were living in nice new apartments on the riverfront, part of the revitalization effort and just down the street from our building. I don't think I will...

What??? Eh, never mind. I don't want to take the bait of a troll.

@SaharaSon, I don't know what kool-aid you've been drinking, but I sure as hell don't want any of it.

Thanks. That's worth considering :-).

I am glad marijuana has worked for you. I haven't tried it as last time I smoked as a teen it gave me panic attacks. I have considered cannabis oil (which doesn't have the ingredient that makes you high) for my fibro pain, but I'm not yet convinced it would help much.

Yeah, from Russians and from certain Americans who have and are conspiring with them. And, yes, I'm quite certain the facts will show that our president is among them. There is too much smoke to be no fire.

What was so wrong with the old order? The rule of law? The Constitution? Cripes, never mind.