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Oh damn. The only thing that helps me sometimes is Unisom -- the doxylamine succinate one. The packaging says it's not habit-forming, but I only take it 2 or 3 times a week, just in case.

Wow, I'm so sorry you went through that, Fade. I guess this is why my psych wouldn't prescribe it to me despite my serious insomnia. I'd rather not sleep than go through that.

Oh. My. God. The National Weather Service has f*cked up the time again. Their last update was at 10:15 p.m. It's only 9:34 p.m. Why does this bother me so much? Grrr! ETA: So I just emailed them and asked what gives about this. I'm not holding my breath, but at least I did something.

Me, too. Big time. I can't even bear to kill an insect. PTSD does not = murderous. Anyone who proposes otherwise is doing us all a disservice.

Still cold and still about a foot of heavy wet snow. Sigh. Gotta go out and shovel a space for our dog care dog to go. He's a big lab, but even he would have trouble in this mess.

Yes, I was diagnosed with adjustment disorder and general anxiety disorder in my teens. Turns out it was PTSD in the making, I guess. The adjustment disorder is what gets me -- yeah, how does one adjust to a narscissistic mother?

Go to your county courthouse and just file the restraining order. They will tell you what you need to fill it out. Your word means something. Just do it.

I've never had the opportunity to write a victim impact statement, though I should have written several in my life. I was a professional reference writer and editor before PTSD took that away, so I would be happy to look over whatever you come up with, though I think you'll do fine, @brokenEMT...

My 5 year-old stepdaughter had recurrent yeast infections which I only found out about from her mother after I walked in one day to see my first husband molesting her. Five year olds do NOT get yeast infections. I figured out she got them from me to him to her, because in those days I had a lot...

Jilly, hon, get your butt to therapy like yesterday, okay? I feel your pain, but unfortunately you are the one who has to take care of it. I’ve had my moments of feeling like, yeah all these people did this cr*p to me, and I’m the one left to pick up the pieces. Well, that’s the hard truth. I...

Another trigger . . . the smell of baking pineapple. One day a friend gave us a pineapple and I decided to make pineapple upside-down cake, which I’ve never done. When I could start smelling it in the oven I got extremely nauseous and had to lie down. It didn’t take long for me to figure out...

One of my triggers is encountering men with dark hair and dark facial hair. Three of my attackers had that. I was not remotely aware of how extremely this was a trigger until the first time I met my current psychiatrist, who has facial hair, not real dark hair, but not blond, either. I was...

Lol, yes, Trump will probably cross the border to hunt down a McDonald's.

It is good winter food, as hubby likes to say, lol. Oh, I would love some acorn squash baked with butter and brown sugar.

Wow, now the National Weather Service has fixed the time so it's correct. Jeez loueeze, whoever screwed that up in the first place? Oh, and weather? Cold. Still at least a foot of heavy wet snow everywhere.

And didn't he have an uncle killed, too? Or maybe it was just the brother. Trump likes these guys who are murderous, power-hungry thugs. How freaking uncivilized can you get? Lol, @Neverthesame, from your lips to God's ears.

Holy crap! Trump says he intends to meet with Kim Jong Un. What could possibly go wrong? (That's a rhetorical question, obviously.) God, please, when can we get a president we can be proud of again?

Dare I say how boring this is? Casserole with some turkey left over from Thanksgiving, brown rice, low-fat cream of mushroom soup, carrots and peas, but topped with bread crumbs and parmasan cheese. And a healthy dose of Nature's Seasonings throughout.

We're becoming a banana republic when even the NWS isn't sufficiently staffed so that they can convey the correct time on their pages.

I am so, so sorry, @Mee. That is just wrong, wrong, wrong. I never got justice, either, because my mother chose to not make me go through a trial. I was 12 and couldn't decide for myself. I think it's abominable that there is a statute of limitations on rape. It should be treated legally as...

I haven't experienced exactly what you describe, but I did have one experience where I felt like a tiny kid again when I was at a univ library and it totally freaked me out. There I was 44 years old and I felt about three feet tall, lost because of construction at the building I'd known for a...

I spent one August in Cyprus -- brutal heat. And, of course, everything is white -- the buildings, the roads, everything, so it all just reflects back on you. I got severe sun allergy and had to stay indoors till 7 p.m. But then it would be beach time, and my friends rolled with it, thankfully.

Awww, that's so sweet, @Still Standing!

Because "Hodge" was the name of Samuel Johnson's beloved cat. He lived in the 18th century in England but he seemed to have a very modern sensibility about having a furbaby. We even named one of our cats after his; my avatar is my painting of our Hodge. Yeah, I'm a literary wonk and animal lover.

Okay, do any other weather geeks have the National Weather Service website with their local forecasts on their computer all the time? I am weirded out because since yesterday, they have been using daylight savings time even though that doesn't start till Sunday. I just find it really...