Search results

Something that is abundantly clear to me is that I am not able to wait tables at the moment. That level of stress combined with an utter lack of control of so many variables I'd be facing - no thanks. Dealing with guest complaints over trivial matters and moving at that pace - no can do...

I like your idea here....may just do this!

Good for you! I often find dealing with the government overall intimidating and stressful. Good for you for calling and finding out how to file and appeal. I don't find this trivial at all. Congrats!

Although I am absolutely exhausted right now, today I stood up for myself and I liked who I am for a brief period of time and for me that's just remarkable. Without going into lots of detail, someone who I told could have a refridgerator, free of charge, from a rental unit behind the house I...

Thank You, everyone.

Hi everyone. I have not been here for some time and returned a few days ago to chat. I realized something - people here get it, people here understand. Today has been a really difficult day for me and I'm glad it's coming to an end and that this site exists. I have been reading through the...

Basically it's something I picked up from family. My father had some mental health issues and was not able to work a traditional go work for someone else kind of job but was able to bring in money via self employment and a lot of relatives looked down on him for not working an office job or a...

I have been away from this forum for some time. For a while I had what I considered some progress - but as so often happens, something will sneak up on me and knock me back down and I wonder if the progress was just wishful thinking or an illusion to begin with? What is bringing me down right...

Well I have no link or website but some good news. My good news (!!!! I'm really excited sometimes about it for brief periods of time!!!!) is that I am going back to school at a community college for three semesters to get a certificate in web design and development. What I do with it remains...

Something I am figuring out is that lack of sleep really triggers me. Even if I can avoid being triggered, I feel horrible and not up to dealing with people once a certain lack of sleep line has been crossed. Duh. This may seem obvious to others but it has taken me time to figure this one...

I hear you. I come from a background of waiting tables for years - lots of stress, lots of drama, everyone very easily replaceable and rarely any thanks. I stuck with it through the boom as I was making very good money for awhile and during that time I was not as easily replaced. That sure...

This is something I am struggling with right now. I have had to slow down and accommodate the realities of PTSD into my life. This means taking better care of myself, moving slower, placing my health above what other people think of me, or wanting/buying nice things. I have had to make...

Today I was on Facebook and I was chatting with someone who used to wait tables with me at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I found out that a manager that I didn't like (this was mutual) was fired for some reason and they needed people for the end of the season, at least to bus tables. I...

I am so ambivalent on this subject, about going back to school with my PTSD. I have found a program at a community college that is actually affordable and I do have interest in and it could lead to self employment - all my criteria have been met there so far. The program is in Web Design and...

I'm glad I started this thread as it has really made me do some thinking. It seems as if the ACA brings out very strong reactions in many people, and since we're talking about health care here, I guess that's understandable. My take on this is that since I have been economically challenged -...

I happen to speak somewhat fluent German. Some months back I answered the door (something I am usually loathe to do) to find a middle aged man and woman carrying bibles and before they could say anything I started speaking in German. That got rid of them fairly fast. Seriously, though, I...

Recently, I accepted a shop with a mystery shopping company. I performed the shop, and when I came home to input the results online, there was a glitch with the software and I could not submit it. So I sent an email explaining and I was then rescheduled. I don't want to write a novel here but...

What has made me happy today is being OK with the fact that I don't have all the answers and I don't know how the future is going to play out.

I had an appointment with my counselor last week where she mentioned that I might want to think of what my biggest triggers over the years were and how I might find ways to avoid them. So I have been thinking - honestly making an effort to go back into the past and find a common theme. I seem...

I have a story here that might help. The last severe panic attack I had was after I had left the job in Utah I posted about having to leave. I spent a night in Vernal, Utah, a city of about 30,000, in a room at the Best Western. I had been given a ride by a co-worker and was so grateful as...

Just as I have stated, I am very grateful for the upcoming changes in US health care. I live in a state (Arizona) which has opted to expand Medicaid and since my income has been pretty low this year I don't think I am going to have difficulties in getting onto the expanded Medicaid plan. I...

I just slept straight through from 8:30 PM yesterday until 10 AM today. So this is what being awake feels like! It's been awhile since I have felt awake to this level. I'm thinking clearer and I think I will be able to get a few things done today that require some thinking, the kind of things...

I was in Mexico when the explosions happened. It was so surreal as I was in Los Algodones, which is seven miles away from Yuma, Arizona, and everything in town in walking distance to the US border. I was having glasses made and I saw the US flag in the distance at half mast and the first...

There was a time back in 1997 when I left for my first seasonal job, waiting tables at the Grand Canyon. I left unhappy with my life and with the goal of being someone completely unlike myself, I so wanted to be someone else. I wanted to play a role I guess you could say. Turns out that...

I love seeing enthusiasm here! Good for you.