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

Cell phones are very useful that way. What did we do before?

Oh, to hell with pretenders and fakers. Posting here helps me work through my stuff and feel less alone doing it. Trolls happen. They can go DIAF with their miserable selves

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I don't know how I lived pre-internet and smartphones...

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I hid in a room with a computer lol no joke.

Never start a match.com profile at 1 am. As with drunk dialing T, it does not lead to good things.

GC ,

Excellent advice...I assume they still match you up with people right away? I had a profile years ago but I think their site/process has changed some.

For a while she was a very prolific poster contributing to a lot of different threads, and I have to admit I found her very judgmental and could not understand why so many people thought she was supportive - in my view, she was anything but.

As for her story, like you say, who knows. I never read her own threads but my BS meter went off on some things she said in other threads about her backstory. I'm sensitive to this because I've been duped in the past, like I said before, and since we have people here who have cancer in the family, or who have gone through it themselves, the thought that someone might be using PC for that kind of joke makes me pretty furious. I'm staying away from her thread now. Really not my circus.

It's like "mutton". Or "beef".

Thanks growly i feel better. My mother thought art was a waste of time, and when i was putting my portfolio together for my fine arts diploma my mother was scathing in her remarks. I withdrew to become a nurse. But the ones you have seen have just 5 - 10 min doodles. Ive never really progressed past them. :shrug:

I hope you keep at the drawing!! Do what you love.

Growing up lots of people told me that I'd be poor if I decided to be an artist. Glad to say they were wrong.

I do sometimes wish that what I do was less frivolous. Nursing helps actual people--something to be proud of!!

Second time baby girl has been up in 5 hours. No wonder I'm so tired. I can barely keep my eyes open. I hope she goes back to sleep soon. I'm just so tired. I can't sit in this chair any longer.

I've been dissociating a lot today. In a way it is a comfort to know what it is, but it also makes it more scary, for some reason. It's like, if I know that it is an actual, documented thing and not just this weird phenomenon that my mind does, then I ought to be able to command and conquer it. But I'm not.

Hugs! I just figured out last year that my ability to hide in my mind and block out my surroundings is in fact dissociation. For a minute it freaked me out, then it really pissed me off! I have fewer memories than my sister and my kids, so when they recount things that happened, I'm like "No way!" I haven't tried to conquer it, I'm still trying to figure out WHY I do it, when does it happen, and I still find it happens during times of stress. What's the old adage about half the battle?

Anyway no advice just commiseration and hugs! Feel better soon Mast!

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I actually got some sleep last night. I even slept until 7 this morning.

T made his way into my broken up sleep last night.. Had a dream that I broke down in session (something I have never done) and he came over and hugged me and let me cry for awhile.. Omg, I can feel my anxiety rising as I write about it!!

so I have so much to do today to get ready for my trip tomorrow that I hope I will keep my mind distracted and I can actually enjoy the fact that I am going to a craft retreat with a bunch of amazing people . I think I might be so worried because of the last one I went to turned out that one of the people I went with was not a nice person and was not to be trusted

That sounds like so much fun, granite! I hope all the people are nice this time and you have a good time!

thanks rain. I do think this group of people are an awesome bunch. I went with them last year and hang out with them a lot. I think it is so stupid that I am having so much anxiety about this

I hope you'll enjoy the retreat, granite. I'm a little envious of the people who get to hang out with you.

I'm off to a game (sports, rather than board game or brace of pheasants) this afternoon. I never watch any games live, except now I do because my nephews play in the top-tier league... it's not a pro league, but they are still very good. My niece and I are going together - she is very close to her cousins, and I try to be a good aunt to all of them, because they are wonderful. I expect I'll shout a lot.

I'm taking my niece and nephew riding later today. They are having a tough time with their parents' divorce. Their dad is my evil ex-BIL who stole from me, etc. He is now being evil to everyone in the family and not just me. [Well, he is still nice to my mother because she passes him information about my sister. Have I mentioned my mother is also evil?] My relationship with my nephew is just now recovering from all the lies his dad told him about me. I am really looking forward to today.

I hope everyone has a lovely day and do something fun and nice for themselves.

mast have a good time at the game. what sport? my son played soccer. I remember going to all the games and cheering .. I truly don't envy the people stuck with me lol but this group doesn't seem to have a problem with it at this point. I am thankful for that .this is what makes them amazing

Sorry, I should have said - it's volleyball.

is this the sis and BIL who stole your guns. and basically took over your mothers house after your stepfather passed away

Yeah, but it was my dad actually. Sis is getting back on her feet after finally finding the courage to get the BIL out.

I need to get a lot of work done today. I spent yesterday out with a friend so I need to get all the weekends housework and chores done in one day. Also, I 'm working on my tax return today since I need it for college forms.