Couch 177: I Get a Strange Magic - ELO

CantExplain · Aug 30, 2018, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I am watching Hart to Hart - added to its usual level of bad acting, they have Adam West, Dean Wormer (from animal house - I don't know the actor's name), and Martina Navratalova. It is excruciating to watch. And yet, like a train wreck, I can't turn it off.

As I recall, I used to enjoy that show.

CantExplain · Aug 30, 2018, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ArtieSwimsOn

I do.

oh no i did not just say that. no i did not.

May I suggest that you work on your internal dialog? Some affirmations perhaps!

atisketatasket · Aug 30, 2018, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

May I suggest that you work on your internal dialog? Some affirmations perhaps!

Nothing wrong with being a dork.

CantExplain · Aug 30, 2018, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Nothing wrong with being a dork.

Well, I don't think she meant it as a compliment.

atisketatasket · Aug 30, 2018, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Well, I don't think she meant it as a compliment.

Generally when people say something like “I’m such a dork” I take them as poking fun at themselves—a very healthy thing to do.

Aug 31, 2018, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CantExplain

Well, I don't think she meant it as a compliment.

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Generally when people say something like “I’m such a dork” I take them as poking fun at themselves—a very healthy thing to do.

CE I appreciate your thoughts on my behalf!

Perhaps not a compliment, but at the same time.... atat's right, I was poking fun at myself in an attempt to not take myself and my feelings so seriously... especially where t is concerned!

Lemoncake · Aug 31, 2018, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

I think I’m gonna change my username to The Third Mr Luna.

@@ You and Una are the real deal. There's a reason I'm a concubine.

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"I'm a wandress
I'm a one night stand
Don't belong to no city
Don't belong to no man
I'm the violence in the pouring rain
I'm a hurricane"

But the truth is I'm still heartbroken over the ending of other relationships. In the words of Neruda "Love is short, forgetting is long".

Lemoncake · Aug 31, 2018, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

I do enjoy The Onion. Tried to post a link but it went all weird.

"Nation’s Therapists Say Majority Of Issues Could Be Resolved By Not Being So Weird All The Time
“Clients come in to talk to me about things in their lives that are making them unhappy, and nine times out of 10 they could resolve the issue just by not being such a weirdo,” said Dallas-area psychotherapist Jesse DeStefano, adding that everyone has a choice whether to go through life as a total freak or not, and that those who don’t are healthier and more productive. “The process is very simple. When you start thinking about something weird—at work, at home, on a date—stop doing that and think about normal things instead. It’s really quite easy.”"

Ho hum I have no words about her attitude.

stopdog · Aug 31, 2018, 02:31 AM

It is not serious. The Onion is a satirical news organization.

Lilana · Aug 31, 2018, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by QuietMind

I would appreciate hugs. I'm feeling awful. . My vague post is in the Dear T thread.

Here if you want to talk.

Lilana · Aug 31, 2018, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by healed84

Hi couch..

Turns out mass on my mom’s liver is a tumor. Won’t know for sure if it is malignant or not until after biopsy that they are rushing. But doctor said it was very concerning

There is just so much more going on.. don’t have energy to type it all out. Turns out one of the reasons why I have such a hard time seeing t less ( like me trying once a month) is that he was the only person I could unload all my crap on. I have nobody else, and it’s not for lack of trying either.

I'm sorry about your mom, healed. I hope the tumor isn't malignant after all.
I don't know what the situation with your T is, but maybe you could see him more often again, given the circumstances?

Echos Myron redux · Aug 31, 2018, 02:46 AM

I dreamt that it was T's birthday and we had a session and I knew it was his birthday but he didn't know I knew. It wasn't like a session though because my H was there and T's wife was there (though it didn't look like T's wife). T's wife said "You might want to read this" and handed me a receipt from a supermarket with things like "birthday candles" written on it. She said "I know you already knew" I said "how did you know?" She said "because of this" and pulled some happy birthday stickers out of my bag. I said "okay I did know" and put some stickers on T including his age.
Then I asked T if my H and I and I could take him out for his birthday. He said he would think about it.

Echos Myron redux · Aug 31, 2018, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

It is not serious. The Onion is a satirical news organization.

Ha sounds exactly like CBT to me.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 31, 2018, 03:01 AM

So sick of being so clumsy - last night, I dropped the lid to my favourite ink pen down in the space between my bed and the wall. No hope of getting it back without asking for help...

Aug 31, 2018, 04:30 AM

Alone, crying, drinking wine, eating 2 minute noodles. I know how to rock Friday night

Aug 31, 2018, 04:33 AM

My country makes some excellent wine, this moscato isnt one of them. I have nz reisling in the cupboard. CE have you tired anyof two paddocks wine?

CantExplain · Aug 31, 2018, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker

My country makes some excellent wine, this moscato isnt one of them. I have nz reisling in the cupboard. CE have you tired anyof two paddocks wine?

No. I sometimes drink a Shiraz.

When I was in a London wine shop, I asked them if they had anything from New Zealand. They said no. But they were wrong. They had three NZ wines, including White Cloud.

Aug 31, 2018, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BlessedCheeseMaker

Alone, crying, drinking wine, eating 2 minute noodles. I know how to rock Friday night

Here if you want virtual company. If I could be there physically, I'm sorry I don't know how to cook. But I can drink with you and sit with you.

Aug 31, 2018, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Generally when people say something like “I’m such a dork” I take them as poking fun at themselves—a very healthy thing to do.

I'm trying to reclaim geek, nerd and dork for myself. In my country during the 90s, such people were outcasts and I was the only one in a cohort of hundreds.

CantExplain · Aug 31, 2018, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by QuietMind

I'm trying to reclaim geek, nerd and dork for myself. In my country during the 90s, such people were outcasts and I was the only one in a cohort of hundreds.

Where I come from, "dork" is much worse than "geek" or "nerd".

LonesomeTonight · Aug 31, 2018, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by healed84

Hi couch..

Turns out mass on my mom’s liver is a tumor. Won’t know for sure if it is malignant or not until after biopsy that they are rushing. But doctor said it was very concerning

There is just so much more going on.. don’t have energy to type it all out. Turns out one of the reasons why I have such a hard time seeing t less ( like me trying once a month) is that he was the only person I could unload all my crap on. I have nobody else, and it’s not for lack of trying either.

I'm sorry, Healed. Sending positive thoughts that it's not malignant. Could you see your T more often for a bit?

LonesomeTonight · Aug 31, 2018, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

My T just made me cry a little. We're supposed to do a phone check-in tomorrow and he said he'd email tonight to confirm a time. Part of his email: Hope you’re well! And thinking of you.

For some reason, the "thinking of you" part really touched me tonight.

That sounds very caring of your T. I've cried at little things in emails like that, too, like one from right before my trip where T said something like, "Good luck with the drive, you'll do great!" Because he remembered that I was stressed about the drive.