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Jun 20, 2017 at 08:49 PM

Every time I think about Applebee's, I think about Talladega Nights. Don't get kicked out of the Applebee's, ATAT.

atisketatasket · 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by daisydid

Every time I think about Applebee's, I think about Talladega Nights. Don't get kicked out of the Applebee's, ATAT.

I may have to get kicked out to get my rear in gear.

I'm not expected back till tomorrow, so no fallout. Besides, one of the parenting things my mother is good at is standing back and letting your kids make their own decisions, without comment, even when obviously horrendous.

unaluna · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I may have to get kicked to get my rear in gear.

I'm not expected back till tomorrow, so no fallout. Besides, one of the parentinb things my mother is good at is standing back and letting your kids make their own decisions, without comment, even when obviously horrendous.

My parents would wait til later to comment. I thought i was doing something to make them happy, but they thought it was stupid, but they wouldnt say anything. Grr.

You dont push cuticles back IN, you just push / scrape them BACK. Theyre not hemorrhoids!!

CantExplain · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker

Should I complete the look with a top hat, tails and cloak?

Absolutely!

CantExplain · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker

Happy winter solstice CE. You know I am convinced you live on the Canterbury Plains somewhere. It must be cold there.

I was born on the Canterbury Plains, but I don't live there any more.

healed84 · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:24 PM

Also today in my session t told me that they just finished the upstairs in their practice and the goal is to have another kind of waiting room. It will have bio feed back machine, a place to do the sun lamp therapy. And then best part for me was that he said he was putting his chair up there. The chair he sits in during sessions. It's really comfy for one- but am I really silly to be excited about the fact that I could curl up in his chair before session?? That sounds so stupid to to admit. Lol

LonesomeTonight · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:25 PM

Did you meet with T3, @@? How did it go?

CantExplain · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by daisydid

The Brits weren't able to sufficiently colonize us because we're AMERICA.

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Oh please! The British invented America.

LonesomeTonight · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by healed84

So, t and I were talking today and he gave me an interesting perspective of the emails I send him. Which I thought I would share because it seems to be a hot topic around here.

He said that he likes to get emails from me because it shows that I am doing the work. He says he can tell when I email him I am really trying to process the things we talked about in session. And that's all he wants are patients that do the work.

I always thought even after all the reassurance that he is annoyed about my emails- but I guess he really isn't.

That's nice that he shared that with you. I wonder if my T and MC feel that way, too...? T did express some annoyance at one point at the length of my e-mails, but she has seemed OK with my recent, (mostly) shorter ones, even responding more often. (In her defense, I had been writing her some novels...) I still worry at times that they'll both get annoyed with me about them though, the fear of crossing some invisible line. Though it's less of a fear than it used to be.

atisketatasket · Jun 20, 2017 at 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Did you meet with T3, @@? How did it go?

Well, I think. Still sort of mulling it over. Next week we meet again, this time for a real termination session.

anais_anais · Jun 20, 2017 at 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by QuietMind

I feel slightly better after lunch and a cup of my fav matcha latte. I got a $2 coupon to use on Starbucks ready brew as well.

Matcha latte is my favorite too

With a little extra matcha

anais_anais · Jun 20, 2017 at 11:39 PM

I think... this festival is really good.

I feel loved? Somehow? I am not sure what that is. I feel like I belong and am important. And that people are taking care of me and I am taking care of them.

This is very new. It isn't like M, where I feel like I'm important and belong and he takes care of me, but I cannot reciprocate.

But it'll be over on Sunday. I have a dad-crush on the artistic director. In that I wish he were my dad. If it were T that would be "paternal transference" I guess. But it isn't T, so, dad-crush.

anais_anais · Jun 20, 2017 at 11:40 PM

And the cactus piece went very well. Am currently babysitting the cactus in my office.

precaryous · Jun 21, 2017 at 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by healed84

So, t and I were talking today and he gave me an interesting perspective of the emails I send him. Which I thought I would share because it seems to be a hot topic around here.

He said that he likes to get emails from me because it shows that I am doing the work. He says he can tell when I email him I am really trying to process the things we talked about in session. And that's all he wants are patients that do the work.

I always thought even after all the reassurance that he is annoyed about my emails- but I guess he really isn't.

Glad you two are sorting it out. It's encouraging to know about a t who means what he says and says what he means...

I relate- Emails and phone calls. T says not to worry about the quantity and length of emails...or frequency of phone calls. I want to believe her...it's hard when I imagine I would find myself annoying if *I* was my T. Lol

Found out my thyroid level is severe hyperthyroid-istic. No wonder I have felt so awful and no wonder I have been doing such a crap job of self-soothing lately. (Hey, you guys, if I don't make sense sometimes, this may be why!)

We're going to fix it, though.

precaryous · Jun 21, 2017 at 12:27 AM

Oooo, looks like I made the one-thousandth thread in the 'Romantic' section of psychotherapy.

I want some good prizes people.

precaryous · 01:29 AM

Yes, here I am, chatting away...hyperthyroidistic and everything:

About beans n toast for breakfast-

After working night shift in the hospital for a few years, you get used to eating almost anything any time of day...emphasis on the almost...

Demunie · Jun 21, 2017 at 12:41 AM

As neither from the US nor UK -

I love pancakes and I love baked beans

everything else the UK eats for breakfast just doesn't cut it.

Prec: what do you think about beaked beans as a price?

satsuma · Jun 21, 2017 at 12:54 AM

Mmm beans on toast, yum. I am usually reading these threads at breakfast time! But I think it might be scrambled eggs this morning.

Jun 21, 2017 at 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

SPECULATION
Old people resent the implication that they must be incompetent just because they are old. And they hate to be irrelevant. So they are always on the lookout for an opportunity to make important decisions for themselves.

For many (of all ages!) it feels better to be a bad driver than to be a passenger.

true! He isn't incompetent, he is good in his field, I feel he's acting out - making grand plans, and other stuff.

Jun 21, 2017 at 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by anais_anais

Matcha latte is my favorite too

With a little extra matcha

High five

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Anonymous55499 Guest Posts: n/a	Jun 20, 2017 at 08:49 PM #201 Every time I think about Applebee's, I think about Talladega Nights. Don't get kicked out of the Applebee's, ATAT.

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precaryous Inner Space Traveler Member Since May 2014 Location: on the wing of an eagle Posts: 3,892 10 8,164 hugs given	Jun 21, 2017 at 12:27 AM #215 Oooo, looks like I made the one-thousandth thread in the 'Romantic' section of psychotherapy. I want some good prizes people.

precaryous Inner Space Traveler Member Since May 2014 Location: on the wing of an eagle Posts: 3,892 10 8,164 hugs given	Jun 21, 2017 at 12:30 AM #216 Yes, here I am, chatting away...hyperthyroidistic and everything: About beans n toast for breakfast- After working night shift in the hospital for a few years, you get used to eating almost anything any time of day...emphasis on the almost... Last edited by precaryous; Jun 21, 2017 at 01:29 AM..

Demunie Grand Poohbah Member Since Mar 2016 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1,706 8 540 hugs given	Jun 21, 2017 at 12:41 AM #217 As neither from the US nor UK - I love pancakes and I love baked beans everything else the UK eats for breakfast just doesn't cut it. Prec: what do you think about beaked beans as a price? __________________ I do not wanna be afraid I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in I'm tired of feeling so numb

satsuma Grand Member Member Since Feb 2017 Location: UK Posts: 913 7 469 hugs given	Jun 21, 2017 at 12:54 AM #218 Mmm beans on toast, yum. I am usually reading these threads at breakfast time! But I think it might be scrambled eggs this morning.