Couch 185: The Labyrinth

I just watched the Doctor Who episode 'The Angels Take Manhattan' for the first time. I don't have words for what it made me feel, beyond 'Ouch'.

I just read grumpy cat is female.
I’m glad you and new cat made it through security.

Evidently I'm still out of it - my first thought was 'Ooh...a private screening of what?'

Do you have a direct flight? Are you flying from the west coast back to the east coast?

Dogs are hopeless suck ups. My cats are scornful of my dogs all the time.

Wise words.

I also think Grumpy Cat was awarded an astronomical amount of money in lawsuit not long ago. So imagine Grumpy Cats attitude now..I’d be scared also.

How do you manage dealing with regret? I'm driving myself insane over things I wish I said/asked T and now i can't. I can't stop being angry about it and wishing I had spoken up so I had answers to things.

Hmmm...you might consider writing a letter to him, and then writing how you imagine he would respond? Regret is a hard one.

Hi couch.. just wondering who posted the link for pod casts that were therapy sessions earlier in the week?? I can’t find it.

It was not me - I would not listen to a therapy podcast. I lean more towards history, food, and mythology - but here are some links:
Therapy Podcasts You Should Be Listening to in 2018 - TheraNest Blog
The Trauma Therapist | Podcast - The Trauma Therapist Project
Three great therapy podcasts - Psychotherapy Notes
Psychology, Therapy, and Mental Health Podcasts
Talking Therapy Podcast by RJ Thomas, John Webber on Apple Podcasts

I'm leaving tomorrow and on a last minute kinda of thing my sisters are coming with me. The older one will be applying to my school this year anyway, but hasn't actually visited before and it makes sense to do it now whilst they're on a break. They'll stay with me until Friday the 5th. Then I have to come back with them then go back again on my own on Monday 7th. My props of surgery exam is on Thursday 10th. but I'm going to delay my pharmacology exam from the 22nd to the 29th. It sounds like madness, but I think I'd like the fact that I won't be alone, and I always tend to get into a slump when I leave from here.

Esme posted one earlier by the therapist Josh Jonas. I only remember because I linked him to being a Jonas brother which he is not xD.

I didn’t post it- but I found it here on the couch..here is is..
Session Lessons Podcast — Josh Jonas

Thanks all! Need some listening material as I am cleaning today and doubles up in research for school! Hope everyone is well!

There's this Maya Angelou quote I liked when I heard it on the Oprah show that went something like "If you could have done better you would have done better. "At any given moment you're making choices with the knowledge you have at the time, it's easy to think of more things to say now but you were dealing with a lot of shock.

I second what Lost said, could you write a letter to get it all out?

I agree... and my friend told me something similar she said that "our brains don't work as well under stress" and she reminded me that I wanted to keep the peace and end happy, nothing risky. That's true

Normally letters would be great... T suggested that when my dog died and it was a massive help in coping.... I did it when T went on his 2 week trip too and it helped but this time, I need answers. I need to know some things I didn't ask... and a letter wont give me that It's not much different than the stuff my mind keeps saying over and over.

I've tried posting here and elsewhere and I get met with so much judgement and rudeness that it just pushes me further into depression, so I can't do that option to talk it out with others either anymore I feel stuck and it makes me angry

Apparently I need to educate T about beer along with music. Today, Guinness (which is very popular here) came up, and he was like, "Is that the dark one?" And I mentioned a double IPA, and he said, "What is that, like a big glass of IPA? Or..." I said was stronger, like 8% ABV.

He also said that wine has more sugar than beer, but I can't believe that's right. Well, OK, maybe more sugar, but not more carbs (not counting like Michelob ultra).


ETA: OK, beer definitely has more carbs, but only partly as sugar--the carbs in wine are all sugar. And hey, I was right about Guinness having iron.

I know nothing about beer either LT lol.... just the names of some

I know entirely too much about it... Don't know much about wine or liquor though.

I have had a few drinks before but I couldn't tell you the names of any of them.. but they were wines

You can self publish on createspace.com that's where I did my little book of my poetry a few years ago. It was not difficult. I did it just to prove to myself that I could, because as a kid I was always told I couldn't.

I'm not sure how much this will help you...but even if you were able to write to him or otherwise contact him, you might not get the answers you were looking for. I got a few answers from ex-MC, but not nearly what I wanted. And I don't know how honest it was. But I definitely understand and identify with the desire for answers.

Oh I get that.... I am probably just stupid for not "getting over it" by now...

DP, i think you really need to expand your circle of acquaintances, or something, idk what. Something to help you put your relationship with ex-t into perspective. It feels like you put all your eggs into his basket, and something about that is not working.