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Old Jul 04, 2011, 09:15 PM
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Haha, it was the same for me with guinea pigs! I love piggies soooo much now! (Especially our currrent one who is very well socialized, sweet and hilarious.) As for dogs, I'm a huge fan of Alaskan huskies. On creativity, it seems to pretty much operate the same way it always has, though my focus in that realm has always been so (focus in other realms? Haha, not so much! Understatement.) Humor is fun and undoubtably the product off an offbeat mind, lol. IRL, it comes from left field (Steven Wright has me beat by miles though, lol!) , and when hypomanic? Look out! (Also, can totally keep up listening to Robin Williams, which is probably just plain frightening. ) It's also a defense mechanism, which is both good and not. Good in that it sometimes helps deal with unbearable pain. Do you find listening to comedy that you like helpful? If you do, perhaps you could try some of that too. Thanks for thinking it is funny. I really appreciate that.

Sooo glad you are feeling better today, DobieLuv! Hear you on the flat being better at times. That can be perplexing to those that haven't been in the other places. Sleep is good too. Someone said wisely... if you had the flu or were sick in some other physical way, you would naturally understand that rest is needed. We need to cut ourselves some slack and realize that we are sick and can need that rest just as much sometimes. Creative stuff? Yes, very self-soothing and can make us feel better about ourselves, which can help counter the bad thoughts. The positive needs all the help it can get to battle back! Hope you are able to strengthen that side today! Let's make a deal to both do some creative stuff. Hmmm, with music too...Sounds like a plan! Lots of and positive things to you!

I had a guinea pig when I was a teeny bopper (long time ago am 40 now..lol) and I so loved her. I taught her not to potty on me and she used to cuddle my neck under my longish hair and just lay there while i watched tv after we played for a bit. She was a super sweet cuddly girl.
Well today I did something even better than creative stuff as far as making me feel better, I got 2 dreaded chores out of the way plus a couple others. Made me feel good to have accomplished a job that seems big because I hate it so much ie. cleaning up doggie presents in the yard. I did do some knitting, not much but hey I will count that as doing something creative today..lol.
I love your sense of humor and I so love that you love Steven Wright he is an amazing comic. You are too right about humor being a way of coping with the pain I use it as much as I can to lighten the mood, until I am to far into depressed episode then forget it not likely to happen. When I am depressed I find listening to comedy frustrating and cannot enjoy it like I do when I am balanced or hypo manic. One of my current favorites is Jeff Dunham, I think how does he come up with all that brilliant comedy.
I learned a while back to cut myself some slack after I was dxd and realized pressuring myself all those years before only made it worse. So if I need a nap by golly I will take one...lol. I have found a few ways to self soothe in a positive way thank goodness. I continue to do better today which is a relief in itself. The way I felt yesterday was like I was headed for a lengthy severe depressive episode. Apparently my meds are working (Thank You Lord!!). I also took an extra dose of my abilify to try to help.
Before this becomes a book I will say good bye for now and again thank you for your encouragement and humor it has helped more than you know.
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