There is room for everybody on Couch 72

Thanks, pretty much every week for me, although the first week in April I had a scheduling conflict so we will be meeting on Tuesday that week, which will be a throwback for me since I saw a Therapist on Tuesday afternoons for many years.

My H is angry at me...

So I'm killing 2 birds with one stone...have very high anxiety about my H being angry so I cant sleep so I decided to clean the kitchen top to bottom... Hope it helps H get over it

Yes! LOVED it!!

well i did all i can do in one night.... My back is hurting too bad from cleaning the oven to wash the floor on my hands and knees....it will have to wait for tomorrow night.

May not be able to sleep now anyway...having my head stuck in an oven with all those fumes from oven cleaner has my asthma acting up...

The one bad thing about cleaning is no matter how hard you work its never perfect all at one time...by the time the kitchen is all done....its time to cook....or then the bathrooms need to be cleaned and the carpets vaccummed but then the dogs feet are muddy...

Hope you can sleep, RTS. I'm about to have breakfast and then go to T.

I was told not to see the movie because I would get so disappointed, so I didn't. And I still love the book.

Hope your T session goes well Mast....

I HOPE i can sleep because I have to get up in 4 hours to go to work

Why does my ex have to make everything bout him. I was telling him about a breakthrough in my therapy and he appeared to be really listening and I thought "At last he understands" when he turned it all around and made it all about him. I don't think I'll discuss anything too personal anymore.

Mast hope you have a good session.

I love The Neverending Story (the book)! It was probably my favourite book when I was younger. Read it at least three times. I watched the movie when I was 6 or so (I think) and I remember the giant who ate rocks gave me nightmares. Probably might first nightmares. Ha.

Happy Fat Tuesday to those whom it applies.
In honor of fat Tues I am making quinoa pancakes with a fruit compote for dinner.
Vegan, healthy pancakes.
I can't eat them, but the rest of the house will enjoy it!

MKAC - I loved How To Eat Fried Worms. I loved any book where a parent figure actually cared for and helped the child. Fairy Tales.
poor little worms...
and...Spam is gross.

RTS - when I clean one room, the adjoining room looks dirty. It's like painting, the walls look clean and fresh, but now the floors and rugs look awful.

I wanted to start a thread for suggestions on how to deal with NPD (specifically my mother) but I know it will cause fights and get shut down. So I'll just suck it up.

Just in case:

QUinoa Pancakes:

3cps Cooked Quinoa
3/4 cp Almond Milk
4 eggs or 1 cp egg substitute (I use flax seed and oil)
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pure vanilla.

oh...and MKAC:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...issistic-trait

Hurry before this post gets deleted.

Thank you, Wikid! I have found this website to be really helpful: Mothers with narcissistic personality disorder - Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Please let me know what you think.

I am really starting to regret opening the can of worms that T calls Trauma therapy.. Right now we are switching gears to DBT oriented sessions, to help with the emotional dysregulation crap...but in the mean time, I feel like I could have gone the rest of my life not really feeling anything and no being open and keeping my walls up.. because I was way more stable then, than I have been since august. I have never struggled some much with suicidal thinking, and just being so hopeless. Its tempting to quit T altogether right now.

((healed)) I'm sorry it's so hard.

When I was in T and on a lot of medication I really struggled with s-thinking and self harm. Now that I have neither I do feel much more stable. I know this response is going to be frowned upon, but can you take a few weeks break from the trauma stuff just to get your feet back under you? Maybe you can talk to your T about it. Too much of anything is never good in my book. Even when you bike ride or exercise, it's recommended that you take at least a day off each week for your muscles to rebuild. I think the same goes with T.

I do agree, Wiki.. we have started to switch gears and not talk about the trauma stuff so much. T has also mentioned, things can get bad while doing the work and I think he sees the need for a break from the current topic.. that is why he suggested switching to DBT stuff. I suppose, it is right direction, learning how to manage everything that I am feeling right now.

Hello all.

Just a quick update. Father is stabilized. Should have answers today to MRI, Scope, and ultra sound. We were moved from ICU down to progressive care. So that's a start.

Jersey

glad to hear he could be moved out of ICU... Hope your waiting for some answers is over soon

Fat Tuesday bun. Contains almond paste and whipped cream.

Should be eaten in a bowl of hot milk, but H won't be home tonight and I don't feel like doing that on my own. So I'll just eat it as it is, and we'll do it the traditional way in two weeks' time.

Hey...
heads up...

New chat box on bottom left.
If you thought you were invisible, you aren't to anyone on your friends list.

Kind of freaky.
Not liking it at all.

maybe there is a way to log out of it?

Or perhaps you just clear off your friend list.

Thanks for letting us know, Jersey. I hope for quick and encouraging answers.

Wikid, gah, that's uncomfortable.

yea....that sux that you'd have to delete friends

weird RTS, you aren't on my friends list? That's so strange, I thought you were