The Couch 102, Buckle My Shoe!

stopdog · Nov 16, 2015, 09:47 PM

Squirrel - what if you kept your toothbrush AND pills in your room next to each other instead of in the bathroom. You would not forget to brush your teeth would you?

Nov 16, 2015, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Art - you edited your comment - but I would like to point out that I try to set a good example on how not to do that. All for naught it seems, but I shall persevere.

Ack on the blinky pictures.

And now for something completely different:
I am trying to refrain from launching into an explanation of the hearsay rule.

Golly gee whiz, I apologized for my editing!

Squirrel1983 · Nov 16, 2015, 09:58 PM

Hmmm. Maybe I could keep my toothbrush in my room. May just take a couple days of returning to the room to grab it after going to the bathroom in the morning, until I get used to it's new location, but that may be an idea. Thanks SD. That's why you get the "award" for logic. Being that I majored in math in college, you'd think I'd be logical too, but my mind hasn't been with me in a while. :P

JustShakey · Nov 16, 2015, 09:58 PM

So, my son was scheduled to have his teeth cleaned today - under anesthesia, because he's a complicated kid.
Blah. I've been in the hospital all day

He's got a very small airway and anesthesia is never straightforward with him... Today was even more difficult that usual:/
He's okay, just worn out from it. They kept him in recovery all afternoon to make sure he was okay.
I'm not okay. Really glad I scheduled myself an extra session with T tomorrow.

Nov 16, 2015, 10:04 PM

What a long day. I'm working with the newbies that just came out of training at work this week, it's their first week solo on the phones, and it involves a lot of walking and answering a bunch of questions among I think we have 23 new advocates in this class. Gets me off the phones for a week!

Squirrel1983 · Nov 16, 2015, 10:08 PM

Hmmm...All this med talk and the fact that I am home at a decent time reminds me....I need to take my evening meds. Here;s hoping this will be the start of getting back on track.

stopdog · Nov 16, 2015, 10:34 PM

JS - I am glad he is okay

stopdog · Nov 16, 2015, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by artemis-within

Golly gee whiz, I apologized for my editing!

I was not upset - just that you wrote about wishing you did something with the therapist that I think I set a good example of doing all the time - I was just joking with you

Nov 16, 2015, 10:56 PM

You do set a good example around these parts. I am just a very slow learner.

Squirrel1983 · Nov 16, 2015, 11:03 PM

Well, I should get to beddie-bye. Night couch. Shots always wear me out, no matter what the medication.

Pennster · Nov 16, 2015, 11:11 PM

Squirrel, I like stopdog's idea. Another thing I do to remember things is set an alarm in my phone that repeats every day. And I also sometimes use a checklist of small habits I want to remember to do every day, and check it a couple of times a day to make sure I'm getting the things done.

Nov 16, 2015, 11:16 PM

I'm heading to bed too. Night couch!!

CantExplain · Nov 16, 2015, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Squirrel1983

He suggested to put it by my toothbrush, so I see it every morning and remember to take it. It's a good suggestion that would work for most people, but that would require me leaving it in the bathroom where my housemates can see it. I would really rather they not know I am on medication. It would create quite a delimma for me. I tried to tell pdoc this but he blew it off and said I was just making excuses.

People take pills for lots of reasons. You could tell your flatmates they are vitamins, or for blood pressure or a preventative dose of Asprin against heart disease. You tell them it's a homeopathic remedy or something to balance your aura.

Nov 17, 2015, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

People take pills for lots of reasons. something to balance your aura.

Somethiing to balance your aura

Nov 17, 2015, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Squirrel1983

Home from CVS. Short shift today.

Got a pill organizer that can hold a few pills to try to keep in my purse (and is small enough to move to my pocket during CVS nights, so it won't have to sit in the hot car. Pdoc didn't think the heat would be a good idea and says he can't see why I can't just take it like I am supposed to. It's more complicated than he knows.

He suggested to put it by my toothbrush, so I see it every morning and remember to take it. It's a good suggestion that would work for most people, but that would require me leaving it in the bathroom where my housemates can see it. I would really rather they not know I am on medication. It would create quite a delimma for me. I tried to tell pdoc this but he blew it off and said I was just making excuses. He also told me I was living dangerously and was going to get myself into trouble pretty soon if I continued to not take it as prescribed. He also made the comment that if an anti-depressant or mood stablizer ever becomes available in an injection I would be put on it whether I liked it or not. I think he is trying to "scare" me into taking my pills. I wish it were that easy, that all I needed was a threat. I just honestly cannot seem to remember to take them consistently. I kind of wish there was an injection for them, then I wouldn't have to worry about it and I would be "normal". Right now my mood is all over the place.

I put my pill organizer on my desk - I see it when I wake and I see it before I go to bed. When I go to bed I take out the pill organizer for the next day and put it on my desk. I'd forget it otherwise. Would something like that work for you?

granite1 · Nov 17, 2015, 07:26 AM

i have T today and am so weary of it . im so full of mixed feelings that i cant name very well. my stomach turns every time i think about it . but i feel like i trust her . it is so stupid how yucky i feel about the things that are in my head when im with her . it isnt even things i have said to her .i just cant seem to tell her the stuff in my head . i want to and feel so bad about not being able to . she has put so much time and energy into trying to help me .she is even taking me with her to her private practice when im ready . but i still cant talk to her on the level that i wish i could .again my stomach turns every time i think about it .sorry to complain about the same thing over and over again

growlycat · Nov 17, 2015, 07:41 AM

Granite- wishing you a good session today. Be kind to yourself

Nov 17, 2015, 11:03 AM

T was absolutely GREAT today. *coughs* At the end she was 'teasing' (with a hint of seriousness) me because I refused to say what she wanted me to say (I kept saying "I think so" instead of "Yes"). She tried to 'catch' my chin with her hand as a part of her 'insisting'. I slapped her hand away and burst out crying.
Brilliant.

Well, besides that, the session actually went OKish. But still. Bursting out crying because a hand gets close to your face? That's just embarassing.

unaluna · Nov 17, 2015, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Pennster

And I also sometimes use a checklist of small habits I want to remember to do every day, and check it a couple of times a day to make sure I'm getting the things done.

This is a good idea, i need to do this.

Ellahmae · Nov 17, 2015, 11:39 AM

Hi, couch. *sits*

Nov 17, 2015, 11:45 AM

Hey, Ellahmae. How are you doing?

stopdog · Nov 17, 2015, 11:47 AM

Any therapist who put their hand near me at all, let alone tried to grab my chin, would draw back a bloody nubbin - that a therapist would try to grab a client's face is a most horrifying description and completely inappropriate use of a therapist interaction.

healed84 · Nov 17, 2015, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

Any therapist who put their hand near me at all, let alone tried to grab my chin, would return at best with a bloody nubbin - that a therapist would try to grab a client's face is a most horrifying description and completely inappropriate use of a therapist interaction.

Are you saying you would bite your t's finger? B/c the image is stopdog biting her's t finger was fun enough to break me out of my lurking to laugh though, I do believe your t would not walk away unharmed from that interaction.