Couch 82: If you're happy and you know it, be a number!

In Australia, that would qualify as "pasture".

Therapists believe that crying is a sign of mental health. Not everyone agrees.

Poor T. Damned if he doesn't, damned if he does.

We built a cloaking device in WWII to stop the Japanese invading. And now we can't turn it off.

What a shame! Probably too hot for them. We humans have better defense against heat than most mammals.

(Did I just write "we humans"? I've been stationed on this planet too long.)

I was going to all offended, but yeah you're right. We can't all have the Canterbury Plains you know.

Well it appears to be malfunctioning....hang on, what would the Japanese want with NZ?

I just had a thought, remember Clive James used to have show and just about everyweek he'd show the Japanese program Endurane. IfJapan took over NZ you'd have bungee jumping with the rope tied around your testicles....

Boy! I know how to clear the couch.

morning peeps . strangest thing happened early this morning . I fell asleep on my couch and woke up at 2 am and went to bed. usually if I cant get back to sleep I lay in bed and have horrible thoughts and panic. for some reason the thoughts I was having were not panicking me at all .I mean they were not all happy thoughts but not horrible . like one was around how much crafting I have to get done before Monday night and how I am going to dinner with a bunch of people .normally this would send me into a huge panic .but it didn't I was thinking about how it was cool to have my friend over to craft with me and how I was so motivated to get what I needed done. I was thinking about a bunch of other stuff also but not panicking . when it struck me that I was not thinking so horribly I so wished I knew how I had switched my way of thinking for this time and were able to do it always. just wanted to say even though I could not get back to sleep it was still nice.

Thanks all for your input..t did make sure to say just b/c I haven't cried I wasn't doing therapy wrong. He was just commenting on the reason why I haven't cried. I am really nervous to check in with him today.

BPA sorry to hear about the mice but your other comment made me roar! I'm really glad I don't have that equipment

Granite, wow, that's cool. Hope it happens more often for you!

Myself, I woke up from a dream that I was eating Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream and the cold was hurting my teeth. So I was clenching my jaw so hard I had a cramp and my teeth really were hurting. Doh! THESE are the dreams I remember?????

thanks stressed. I don't usually dream at all. my T thinks that I just block them out of my memory because I don't want to remember them . not sure I agree with that . but pumpkin spice ice cream may just be worth the pain

Really! Wow. It's mostly rocky ground, and almost every plant has some pokey thing or other growing on it!

I've been having the same conversation with T. She says just because I don't remember dreams doesn't mean I'm not dreaming. I say what's the difference? If I can't remember then it's like dissociative behavior even in my sleep! My unconscious brain work never transfers over to my conscious so how is it "helpful?"

Oh, and back to the important subject. Eady's Pumpkin Patch ice cream. Truly nomnomnom!

Man i slept for over 12 hours. Wtf. Bpa, i loooooove the new couch. And so sorry about momma mouse. I'll never forget her reaching out to you and you figuring out what she wanted. You were her "good enough mom" and she felt it.

BPA!! So sad to hear about the mice. I was enjoying the updates. Hope the 4 are ok.

Hope the couch is enjoying the last half of the weekend. I've been in a dark mood so I decided to start up the SSRI's again. Ugh, they make me feel jittery and out-of-it. But I was worried about where my mood was going.

Hang in there! Hope the meds kick in for you soon.

My morning started with a way too chipper text from t asking how I was doing today. I have decided that I am feeling crappy, hopeless, yucky , whatever... But even though I don't believe it yet.. I have a purpose.. And dammit I won't let the abuse win!

So, I will be back in the hunt for a new pcp to get back on meds and stay on them.

Hopefully the positivity on my end will hang on!!

Good luck healed it took me a good 2 years to realsie I needed to be compliant with meds, but after 4 years I still struggle wwith the diagnosis.

The little mice are doing well, I think. But not being a mouse expert I couldn't say. For some reason they don't want the formula which you administer with a fine paint brush (its brand new) I soak some their pellets in water andd they seem to llike that. Apparently I can also soak dog kibble for them. They are over 2 weeks old so they can technically have solids.

An article on the effects of smoking on variuos psych drugs
Smoking and drug interactions - Australian Prescriber
Maybe this is why I have so much trouble with meds as i am an infrequent smoker.

Sorry it was 5 as this morning out of the corner of eye I saw the sawdust moving, voila! Another one buried.
i can hear a little one on the wheel. I was so upset it has brought up terrible memories for me and i actually cried not boo-hoo crying. Crying that came from deep down and I couldn't really stop

The past two months ive been watching Downton Abbey reruns on PBS on sunday from like 3 to 6 pm (and yes my butt does get sore!). Today its not on til 9pm or so and it does not feel like sunday at all! Im actually doing housework. Oh noes!

Huh. Suppose that's one way to interpret my post.