Couch 137: Jung's Obsession

No, I'm not. But hopefully I will be.

UGH! Wishing I could sleep round the clock! Unfortunately that's not happening. Here's to holding on for another week until T. This is so gonna suck!

anybody around? worried mom here. my son went to the fair after his class tonight and he's not home yet - it's 1 am. He'd said he would be home by midnight because he has to work tomorrow. he's not answering his phone. i know he's probably just having fun with his friends, and is likely fine, and will probably walk in the door any minute now, but i am worried and can't sleep. i don't know if i will ever learn how to not worry about him so. even though he's going on 19 he's still my baby in my heart.

Hugs, Art. Natural for you to be worried. Have you texted him?

Art...he probably is fine. Just forgot to call and let you know he was gonna be out later. It's pretty normal to worry, I think most go through that in situations like this.

yeah he's not answering... phone probably needs to be charged.... thanks for being here!

well i have to be up in 3.5 hours so i should at least try to sleep. i will have to go on faith and the 'no news is good news' philosophy and trust that he will get home soon. probably as soon as i fall asleep lightly, he'll come in and wake me up. i hope.

Hugs art. I think getting some sleep is a good idea. I empathise because I'm a worrier too. It does sound like pretty normal stuff from a young man to me.

BTW...Art...there's nothing wrong with asking him to call you when he's gonna be out later than originally planned. I think I was late 18 early 19 when my mom and dad said "we don't mind you being out late and stuff but out of respect please let us know if u are gonna stay out later than originally planned."

Hang in there. Is there anything we can do?

We're here if you want to talk

I appreciate it, thank you

Basically what happened is my boss did something really triggering at work yesterday and I've been despondent ever since.

I avoided The whole time thing with my parents once I turned 18 by just not giving a time. Now that I'm a grown woman-I could see where that would have bothered them, but back then..I didn't care so our conversations before I was heading out would go something like this:
Me: (about to walk out the door)
Dad&Mom: Where are you going?
Me: Out
Dad&Mom: What time will you get home?
Me: When I get here! See ya!

And on that note... it's 7:30am and I need to leave for work. Have a nice day.

I left home at 16 and had sporadic phone contact but didn't tell them where I was for about a year. (I was with recently deceased ex).

My father finds incredibly minor things to scold me and others for.

Imagine having every phrase you utter critiqued, what tone you used at that time,with a lecture on how you could have used better phrasing and then another lecture about how you don't take initiative or aren't independent. He wants clones of him in thought, word and deed.

Morning (yawn) couchies. I tried to sleep but... well, was still awake when son got home around 2 am. By that time I was so tired I couldn't sleep. So I stared at the ceiling and the clock. The last time I remember was 2:56 am and when the alarm went off at 5 I almost knocked it on the floor. ha. I am up, showered and dressed and ready to head out to work. Ugh. And, I see t after work today... was going to talk about that deep stuff I was working on last week but I may skip it for now... well have a good day, couchies. I'm off to work.

he will today

makes me feel bad about what i did in my late teens, early 20s.... disappeared all night, come home at dawn, sleep til evening, do it all again. i was basically living in my drug dealer boyfriend's trap house. my poor mom..

Man i was soooo bloated last night. Then as I was tossing and turning i thought, "oh thats okay, theres an app for that!"

Apparently your father and future ex are the same person...which makes us...

Napoleon was right, "bed is a beautiful place."

Having a little trouble getting started this morning.

I'm still lying in bed myself.

I dragged myself out of bed for a dermatologist appt. Holy crap this waiting room is filling up. I loathe waiting rooms.

I hate waiting rooms too. Hope your appointment goes well.

Ugh, I'm glad it's future ex for you because wow being married to such a person sounds horrible.

The other night, my father was lecturing my mother over her hesitant tone in asking him to adjust the fan direction. Of course she's hesitant because of how he micromanages our tone, choice of words...Then he snaps at her and me for being hesitant.