'85: "We Are The (Couch) World..."

i have blueberry pie for breakfast here but am to lazy to get up and get it right now.

nowhere what you looking to change your title to

i also need to shorten a pair of jeans today. don't feel like doing that either. just want to hang here and distract from having to go to T today and worried i wont talk. especially after last time we met she made the comment "now that you are talking more" the expectation alone terrifies me

I fear no germ!! (I probably have 'em all already)
Pass the blanket.

My T's office doesn't have a blanket or pillows but I shake a lot sometimes and it would be nice to wrap up tight in a blanket.

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Going to see CBT T in 20 minutes (deep breath!)

Lots to talk about, not much time

I too wonder how one does that.

i brought my own fluffy blanket to wrap up in when i panic in T.my T asked me to bring it in . i keep it there in a bag in her closet . no one else uses it . i used it for the first time on my own last time we met . i was so panicked that i was going to bolt and it just hit me that i had my blanket in the closet. i aasked if i could get that instead of bolting . going to get it gave me a chance to breathe and look around and then wrapping up gave me a small amount of comfort. i think the small break as i went to get it was more helpful .but i do like my blanket

That's cool. I only use it once a week so no bus friends lol

I think it's bodily fluids that I fear more so than germs I can't see.

Mmmm ... I just have cereal.

I have to shower today. It's been like two days... And I actually need to go out today too.

YOU TALK TO STRANGERS ON THE BUS??

I would take public transportation if it would go where I needed to go in a reliable fashion - sadly here in my area we have such a car culture that very little money gets put into making PT better.

Is it odd for people to talk on the bus? Even I have struck up conversations on PT.
Airplanes make some people super chatty (I usually sleep, but a lot of times my seat mates will strike up a conversation at some point)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

You crack me up Mast

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I used to take the train to work sometimes when I lived in the Bay Area. I would have to leave the house half an hour earlier to get there at the same time though so it was kind of a nuisance.

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I don't even like talking to people I know let alone strangers on a bus.

the idea of talking to anyone on PT sends shivers down my spine. thank god i have never had to use PT alone .it has always been with my hubby and i hide behind him like a spoild brat until it is over

I don't even like talking to people I know. Drives my T crazy. Beeee oooopeeeen he says at every single session. :P

I don't know what I'll change my title too. I've got a little over 1500 posts to think about it though

This. I'm never sure what kind of response they're expecting or why they decided to talk to a stranger in the first place. Stressful. I've learned over the years how to deflect this and/or people don't do it like they used to. Or I'm not a young thing any more so they just leave me alone. Do love my eavesdropping though.

lol i get that . i have to say my T is very patient with my inability to talk . or willingness. although she did make it tough for me to communicate with her any other way . no e-mail,no text,no snail mail. if i wrote her a letter she would not read it unless i did it also. if i wanted to communicate i had to talk. it has been tough but as i am trying to talk more she seems to be loosening her boundaries a bit . like she will now read stuff i bring her without requiring me to read it .but i do need to be willing to talk about it. if i e-mail her she will now say she got the e mail and we can talk in session. but wont bring it up unless i do. i have always been able to call during office hours

I'm completely fine with talking to strangers. It's when people start wanting to be close I get scared. I'm very friendly, as long as you don't want to be friends. Problems. I haz them.

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Speaking of which, I've been on here less than 24 hours and I already have increasing social anxiety. No need to try and fix this, if that impulse arises. Just saying.

Talking to strangers on PT is socially inappropriate in this country - unless something extraordinary happens, or you are offering your seat to someone, or you see somebody droppping something. But striking up a random conversation with a stranger is not really done.

I am on a sausage making kick this week. Filling the casings was a challenge at first, but now I think I have it down. Meat bag delivery for all my friends this weekend.

are you smoking them

Some I will smoke - I don't have a cold smoker - so I have to make sure they are cooked through for the food safety concerns. It will have too do a couple of other things to the smoked ones. Bags of meat are less welcome, I have found, when they carry a more than usual chance of severe food poisoning.