Couch 156: The Clock Strikes...

I'm still waiting for the first donut shop to open up here...

Ok ok ok, I went out for a second trip, apple cider doughnuts for the whole couch!

Wuhuuuu *eats doughnuts*

*mampf*

Glad you're feeling better btw anais

Healed Have you found a job yet? Did you end upp tellg your H you quit your job? hows things in general?

Had a bit of a scare with a rapidly developing staph infection on my head. Trying different meds. In spite of the digging and scraping out old tissue, the swelling and eye pain, the thing that made me feel the worst was when my therapist suggested I not come to my sessions this week, that I need to rest and take care of this. I get her point, but I could have used some in person support as I've been going through this alone. She has been great with emailing though, and I'm grateful for that.

I was just proctoring an exam and killed time by checking in on DBC’s Facebook page. She and her negligee-giving friend, Info, apparently hung out this weekend (they posed as see no evil hear no evil etc.). And Info has dyed her hair bright orange since last Tuesday. I am forewarned for tomorrow.

(rr), I hope it clears up quickly.

No job, I am waiting for my name to clear yo substitute teach in a local school district. Still looking for something steady. I did tell my husband. He really has nothing to say other than finically I need to be working and I better find a new job. Things overall though are pretty good. Currently conquering my fear of cutting down/terminating with t.. it feels good to be stable, but scary as hell to think about leaving t. Thanks for asking!!

I've been reluctant to post on the couch because I am feeling horrendous and I struggle with expressing it but I do have one nice thing to share. My daughter joined the girls under 10 football (soccer) team in our local town tonight. She scored in her first training match and the coach says she's got skills and asked if she wants to come to a tournament this weekend. That pride is the one beam of light in an otherwise terrifying abyss.

I.want.Info.for.a.therapist

I too want Info for a therapist. Also, that's awesome Spoon!

I've never had any encouragement from a job agency beyond "Keep looking". A job agency doesn't give a damn about candidates. They work for employers.

Yeah, but then you wouldn’t have the therapist with the most sexually explicit nickname.

Touché.
Even better is that I like her for now, so I can have a giggle when I talk about V.

This from the man you're going to marry?

If she's a Christian, she will know that all Christians are sinners.
If she's a therapist, she will know that all Christians are human.

Yup, I hope I won't need therapy or psych meds there

QM...that seems really unfair of him. Never mind therapy or medications—what if you get sick with a disease and need treatment?

That I'm not sure. Hopefully I don't develop anything chronic. :/ For regular illnesses, I'll just rely on my savings

QM, sorry to butt in, but I worry that you may be jumping from one bad situation to another.

We who have ts over age 70 dont seem to have these sorts of issues

Omg! Go to the dr and get antibiotics! Like yesterday!!

Lol at "tucked shut"! We have the same saying, " I'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on "

Ugh.... trying to write email to t to elaborate more on me and my issues with not wanting to cut down therapy. He understood to some extent that the month that I took off from therapy was to prove to myself that I was dependent on therapy.. but what neither one of us said out right.. was I dependency on him.

It's not like I feel like I can't get by in life without him, I don't want to lose that relationship. But, I am better and it would be healthy if me to try to do it on my own. That is what I am trying to write in the email. But what do I say? Do I come out and say I will miss the relationship? Or I am afraid of missing him??

Info’s in her mid-60s!

She also has orange skin to go with the hair. Yeah, yeah, cue DJT jokes.

I think it's OK to say both of those things that you mentioned at the end. Would he be willing to do something where, say, you had monthly check-ins? So that you wouldn't totally lose him or the relationship, but wouldn't be going to therapy that much?